Well, we knew it was going to happen, it was just a matter of when.
I think diversity breeds beauty literally. Think of all of the high fashion models out there that have bizarre features that somehow come together in the exact right way to make them beautiful. Or think about your own baby and how he or she is a perfect mix of the best of everything.
However, if that isn’t enough for you, a fertility clinic is now letting you design your baby to a limited degree. Dr. Jeff Steinberg, who operates fertility clinics in New York and Los Angeles, says that he will soon be letting his customers design their own babies, by choosing hair color, eye color and skin color. Design babies? Customers?
Dr. Steinberg says that the techniques aren’t 100 percent accurate, and that they are most successful for parents of Scandinavian decent because of the least dilution in the gene pool. Okay, gene pools that are the least diluted. Does this raise a red flag here as well?
So, what do you think of this issue? If you could go back and change the hair, eye or skin color of your baby, would you? Would it be right to opt for a lighter or darker color skin, let’s say, so your child might fit in better? Would parents be most likely to choose blonde haired blue-eyed babies that might suggest an awful time in our history and talk about creating a master race?
Society is constantly telling us what is beautiful. Should we let that dictate our offspring? Studies have shown that statistically more attractive people get further ahead than less attractive ones, so is there anything wrong with trying to give your child a physical advantage?
Even if you wouldn’t choose a designer baby, do you think it should be allowed? Should parents be able to do whatever they want with their genes? Do you think this practice might lead to parents “buying” the best genes for their child? Or, are we blowing this whole option out of proportion?
Let me know what you think.
Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, creating a home in the Home Blog, caring for little ones in the Baby Blog and now relationships in the Marriage Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here or subscribe to the blog using the subscription box on the right.
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