Designer Babies

“‘Designer’ Babies, with Made to Order Defects?” is an argument that mainly uses an appeal to emotion and ethics to convince the reader of its views. The articles talks about the parents with disabilities choosing to have children with disabilities and the different views surrounding this. Personally, a parent with a disability that purposefully chooses a embryo to have the same disability as them is being selfish. Children, as always, can be very cruel, and having to grow up with something like dwarfism makes life so much harder for these children. Yes, parents want their children to look like them or share traits with them but there is a difference in sharing the same eye color and sharing say deafness. Parents are supposed to want the best for their children, and purposefully bringing them into this world disabled is NOT the best decision. I know I personally want my children to have the best genes possible, no matter if they are taller, better looking, or smarter than me. It’s the process of evolution at its best. Moreover, doctors should not cater to parents with such demands. Doctors are supposed to be dedicated to better health and bringing made to order disabled children into this world completely goes against this. Finally these made to order babies with more than likely have a strong opinion about why parents choose to cripple them. These children, who will never be like the majority of their peer, may very well grow to resent the doctors and their parents for giving them such a fate. I know I would.