Name: Whitney and Danielle
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Question:
Hello, we are two 8th grade students at Gilmour Academy in Cleveland,
oh. We are doing a project on how to create the "perfect baby". We are branching
off the topic of "genetics", that we are studying in Science Class. We have a
couple of simple questions that we thought maybe you could
anwser for us. The first question is, What are some things you would have
to consider to decide if getting the ideal baby made for you is
ethical. What do you have to consider if you want to create it? What is
the exact process? Lastly, What are some dangers in doing this? Have there
been any
instances when the mother, or baby has been in danger or harmed by this
process? Are there any good online resources that you could send us links
to? We wil be so happy if
you respond! Thanks so much!
Replies:
Bioethics is a topic we avoid in answering. There are HUGE amounts of
data on the web and there is an encyclopedia just for biothical topics (4
volumes). Your questions are excellent, but we avoid opinion questions
for obvious reasons. We are all volunteers and we agreed not to send out
these types of questions. As a matter of fact, two of your questions are
being researched right now and the answers will change as time goes
on. This will be the Century of Biology and genetics and the Human Genome
Project will be the forefront all this movement.
As a teacher I have my students write a paper on an bioethical issue and there is no
limit to the information available. All you have to do is to dig into a
library.
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