James D. Watson and Francis Crick when they discovered the

double-helical structure of DNA. Little did they know they were

opening the door to the creation of a perfect world. In 1986,

the Human Genome Project, led up by the National Institution of

Health(NIH), took a giant leap through this door. They began the

long process of mapping out the entire genetic makeup of the

human body. The main purpose of the HGP was originally for the

use of preventing inherent diseases. However, as studies

continue to progress, increased opportunities arise for

genetically altering the unborn. You are now able to choose the

sex of you child before they are born with great accuracy. What

is on the horizon now, is the possibility of designing your child

to be "perfect". Over the years, there has been heated, ethical

controversy on each of these issues, especially designer babies.

How far will we let biotechnological discovery take us? What

will come of the world if designer babies become standard

The earliest and maybe simplest use of genetic manipulation

was in the selection of the sex of an unborn child. In Vitro

University of Utah, "is that if we start messing around with

from a very controlled and uninformed society to a futuristic

with tampering with the genetics of endless generations as far as

California, did a lot of work with gene therapy. He had a desire

be. The principle of informed consent (the belief that no one's

order air conditioning and chrome allot wheels"(Lemonick). What

Begley, Sharon. "Designer Babies. (altering unborn babies through

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