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= ALL ABOUT DESIGNER BABIES =



What Are Designer Babies?
=== Designer babies are babies that are genetically reconstructed in order to meet one's preferences or in order to avoid a potential birth defect. Scientists can alter the baby’s genes in order to change specific traits. If the parent want the child to have blue eyes, then they’ll ask a scientist or their doctor to reconstruct the babies’s genes to have blue eyes. ===

Pro's and Con's of Designer Babies



 Pros: - People can design their babies to have certain genetic traits. For example, the baby can have certain eye or hair color. - You can change the gender of the child. - Scientists have recently made rapid advances in the knowledge of the human genome, and are able to improve our ability to alter or change genes. This can lead to preventing genetic diseases, for example, cancer. - Designer babies can be used to make a healthier generation of humans in our society.

Cons-

- If you give a child a certain genetic trait, that specific trait could make the child prone to certain health diseases. - The rich families would probably be the only ones having their babies genetically designed, this would be expensive work that poor families could not afford. - If you select a certain gene, for example, blonde hair, you may shut off another gene. - Many people, mostly religious groups, want babies to be born natural and to not be artificially modified.

[|__http://designerbabies.weebly.com/cons.html__] The pros and cons genetically engineering babies.

[|__http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/designer-children.htm__] How the process of designer children work and the pros of it.

Podcasts and Radio Programs [|__http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500165_162-4840346.html__] A podcast discussion with doctors on CBS News about how ethical the subject of designer babies is. [|__http://prospect.org/article/praise-designer-babies__] This podcast discusses the pros of genetically engineering babies in the womb.

**Blog Posts** __1) ** [] **__ This blog talks about the introduction of using DNA from three people as opposed to two.This blog includes that the first country to allow this was the United Kingdom. It thoroughly explains the reason for allowing this and the benefits.



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= This blog talks about designer babies and “what it’s all about”. This blog talks about the controversy and constructive criticism that is currently surrounding this topic and the ethical, social, and scientific concerns that it has. It also talks about the potential dangers around it. =

3) **http://healthblog.ncpa.org/are-designer-babies-ethical/** The above blog talks about the opinion of designer babies and whether or not is is an ethical in the modern society that we are living in today. It talks about the opposing views and why people believe it is justified or unnjustified.



= RSS Feeds =

= http://prospect.org/article/praise-designer-babies =

Subscribing to this RSS Feed will give you the basics of designer babies and will bring you through the process of creating your own baby.

**http://www.technologyreview.com/view/519856/should-you-worry-about-23andme-patenting-designer-babies/**

Subscribing to this RSS feed will show you the benefits of designing your own baby and why it is so popular today in modern society.

= http://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies = Subscribing to this RSS feed will explain to you the concept of designer babies and how they came about in today's modern society and it will show you some of the history behind it.

Web Links: http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/in-vitro-fertilization - Discusses the basics of what In Vitro Fertilization (designer babies) is and what affects it can have.

http://beginningandend.com/designer-babies-playing-god-in-the-womb/ - Discusses the process of how designer babies are brought into society and how they're the future of child birth http://www.futureforall.org/bioengineering/designer-babies.html - What are designer babies? How are they created? What are the pros and cons of designer babies

http://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies - discusses the idea of designer babies, what they are, and how they're created.

News Articles: http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNJ0252H-0-7900&artno=0000311755&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=In%20vitro%20fertilization%2C%20Human&title=Manipulating%20the%20Human%20Embryo&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N - This article discusses the technologies associated with In Vitro Fertilization. It talks about the consequences we have yet to learn about with this new generation of technology that can create the perfect baby.

http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNJ0252H-0-6365&artno=0000354695&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=In%20vitro%20fertilization%2C%20Human&title=Test-Tube%20Babies%3A%20A%20Simpler%2C%20Cheaper%20Technique?&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N - Test tube babies are becoming the beginning of a much more simple and cheaper technique.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/babies-americas-first/ - This article discusses the very first birth using In Vitro Fertilization in the United States.

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