Would+You+Like+to+Create+Your+Baby?

[|Build Your Baby] November 3, 2006

What if you could ‘build your own baby’? In about 25 years if you are willing to pay the price of about $12,400, you can choose you newborn baby’s ye color, brain power, hair color, or even athletic ability or talent. Scientists are currently working on understanding what genes affect our height, our weight surprisingly our personalities too! “We already have the ability to isolate genes that affect a lot of the physical traits humans have and the physiological traits” says geneticist Lee Silver.

Now, sure all this sounds good, but the big question of all this is, are people going to be willing to us technology to ‘build’ their baby? So, a few pregnant mothers were asked would she do it, on responded by saying she probably wouldn’t because that pretty much takes away the excitement of having a baby. Another soon to be mother basically says, it would take the diversity and variety out of the world, and everyone would be super smart of super athletic. Another mother says, she would not do it unless the benefits outweigh the risks. Overall, people don’t want to risk it, or be so ‘vain’ to ‘build’ their babies. In conclusion, I personally wouldn’t do it. First of all, im not going to pay $12,400 to build my baby. God will give me what he wants me to have and simply I wouldn’t want to take the excitement out of waiting to see my baby.

MBates March 14, 2010