Designer Babies

I found the article “Designer Babies” to be not only interesting, but also intensely thought provoking. I find the concept of genetically engineering babies remarkable; the fact that humans have this capability is astounding. I am sure that this advancement has its place among the medical world; however I don’t feel regularly designing babies is morally right. Not only would it create a new standard on levels of intelligence, skills, and ability, but genetically engineering children with specific traits would both eliminate true talent and sever the bond between parents and their kids. Babies would no longer be gifts. In some cases if the parent, that paid for certain traits, felt their child was not preforming at the level they should be potential law suits could arise; along with a strained relationship between the parent and the child, due to disappointment and dissatisfaction. Adults learn humility through raising their children because they love and accept both their good and bad traits; that humility would be lost if parents could create what they considered to be the perfect child. Another issue that would possibly occur as a result of genetically engineering babies regularly is price; should it be made fiscally available to the public or should it be kept so expensive that it remains uncommon.