If You Could, Would You ?

Sandy De Martini 2010

Where Are We HEADED?

A resent U.S. survey suggest most people support the notion of building a better baby when it comes to eliminating serious diseases.

We all want a healthy babyWe all want a healthy baby.

Will that be enough?Will that be enough?

What is a “Designer Baby”?

Parents will have the opportunity to choose

Baby's Gender, Eye & Hair Color and Freckles

In the future you may be able to choose a child with athletic ability

Designer Babies at a PRICEA recent ad in a top college newspaper offered

$50,000 for an egg from a bright, healthy young woman.

Recently a couple with 2 children decided they wanted a Designer Baby at the cost of $9,000.

The parent becomes the architect and the child becomes the ultimate shopping experience.

Will only the rich be able to afford these babies?

Designer Baby Issues?Parental Power From the point of conception onwards, parents are now viewed as

a ‘risk factor’ in their children's lives. Look at the health authorities obsession

with the behavior off pregnant women

Personal IdentityThe inflated problem of parental power and decision-making is linked

to an inflated sense of importance of personality.

Moral Autonomy Should we be worrying about a shift in values?

Financing Available

Designer Babies at a Price

Designer BabiesRecourses ; “Designer Babies” Ethical? –The early Show-

CBS News March 3, 2009Designer Babies –Time Jan. 11, 1999Debating ‘designer babies’ June, 2003Religion & Ethics newsweekly November

7,2008BIONET “Design a Baby?