Designer Babies

This article from scientific American delves mainly into the ethics and regulation of current clinical fertilization.  According to SA, “in the U.S., no binding rules deter a private clinic from offering a menu of traits or from implanting a woman with a collection of embryos”.  Not that these practices are reality yet, but the point is that no laws are in place to deter or regulate it.  SA references a recent study finding that 10% of those seeking genetic counseling were interested in tall stature, and 13% did for intelligence.  This article leads us to question the ethics behind designer babies, the medical implication and care of mothers, as well as the societal impacts of designer babies on beauty and self-image.   

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=regulate-designer-babies