Question

Discuss the pros and cons of having “designer babies.” in what ways might this bacome a social, economic, class, racial, or prejudicial system? will it truly improve society? how does the issue of cloning impact the future of reproduction?

Answer 1

Designer babies very recently introduced advancement innthe medical filed. It has both pros and cons

Pros:

• Cab produce a baby disease free because of heredity passing gene
• Genetic diseases before birth can be treated
• Mutation or new genetic changes can be done to fight an infection
• It opens income to drug companies for new innovation
• This could be helpful in doing new research in other fields of biology (plants)
• Parents satisfaction of getting their own choice of healthy baby
• The societal discrimination can be eliminated if a baby is born without disability
• It enables to create a baby as per wish which can eradicate racial discrimination

Cons:

• Gender an be known and appropriate changes cannbe done to get a child of preferences is against nature and its law
• The risk of getting new highly resistant ,treatment less gene due to genetic mutation in the living being
• It can bring a temporary relief from the illness or disease and could be a reason for new disease
• The chance of genetic doping can greatly increase
• It is an ethical concern
• Can be a harmful procedure for the mother and in certain cases the fetus itself
• Can act as bioweapon

The impact of cloning in reproduction are

• It gives a relief to parents who will not be able to conceive conceive child
• It can lead to long term chronic deadly disease
• Therapeutic cloning has been done to get newer treatment options