Professional Documents
Culture Documents
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608350/first-human-embryos-edited-in-us/
CRISPR
https://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_jorgensen_what_you_need_to_know_about_crispr
Purpose
Pros Cons
● No need to waste ● Not affordable to
money on medicines or everyone
treatments ● IVF $8,000
● Medications $4,000
● Gender Selection
$18,000
● Genetic Testing $200
● Total of about $33,750
Social Impact
Pros Cons
● More productivity ● No Uniqueness
● Less disease/illness in ● Gap in education system
society ● Is like an abortion
Future Implications
● Islam
● Christian
● Catholic
● Buddhism
Other Pros and Cons
Real life stories:
http://www.futureforall.org/bioengineering/designer-babies.html
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies
https://designerbabiesethics.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/the-cons-of-designer-babies/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/955644.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1467212/Designer-babies-Joshuas-story.html
http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2015/12/legality-of-designer-babies.html
https://singularityhub.com/2016/10/03/designer-babies-and-the-new-technology-of-having-
children/#sm.00000khqgoysxcfjhru3d9mu07f0a
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/science/gene-editing-embryos-designer-babies.html
https://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_jorgensen_what_you_need_to_know_about_crispr