{"id":478,"date":"2008-03-03T23:52:13","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T04:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/blog\/links-n-junk\/paradise-city-where-the-babies-are-pretty-a-question-on-genetic-engineering\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T23:52:13","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T04:52:13","slug":"paradise-city-where-the-babies-are-pretty-a-question-on-genetic-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/links-n-junk\/paradise-city-where-the-babies-are-pretty-a-question-on-genetic-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise City Where the Babies Are Pretty: A Question on Genetic Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"

While reading through one of my teacher buddy’s blog, I came across one of his interesting class discussions<\/a>. Basically he quoted an article on genetic engineering and the possibility of removing birth defects before they become a problem–and showed how some couples actually want to include Birth Defects<\/a>. I mean, Why develop Meckel’s Diverticulitis when you’re thirty when you can easily get rid of it from the genetic architecture: but if you love your kid, would you want him to have the same issues so that you can bond?<\/p>\n


\nThe particular couple referenced in both articles, with the genetic disorder of dwarfism, doesn’t want to have “normal” children–they want kids that are like them: dwarfs. They want that deformity plugged into the genetic code to ensure similarity between the parents and the child.<\/p>\n

Now, unmistakably, we’ll say that that sort of thing is conceptually wrong. After all, what’s being done is actually a potential danger to the human since folks with dwarfism have a higher risk factor with a bunch of other congenital stuff (even though, its conceivable that the “side effects” can be removed before hand and just leave the dwarfism).<\/p>\n

The question (in my friends post) hinges on this: if it is wrong to add a defect to the genetic code to ensure likeness in family members then is it wrong the other way around? Said plainly if adding a defect is wrong, is removing defects also wrong? Is it wrong at a completely different level?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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