Designer babies

Question 1

What are designer babies?

Answer 1

When parents work with scientists to select, tweek and remove certain genes and characteristics to create a ‘perfect’ baby.

Question 2

Who can afford designer?

Answer 2

only the richest people, very expensive

Question 3

What medical/mental illnesses can this prevent?

Answer 3

heart attacks, cancer, Alzheimer’s, schizophonia

Question 4

When has Designer babies gone wrong in history?

Answer 4

In the 1900s, there were eugenic programmes to create the perfect humans who a good idea to make sure there were only certain types of people in the world. Many people were hurt or killed because of it in events such as the holocaust.

Question 5

what are the pros of designer babies?

Answer 5

prevents humans from suffering due to medical illnesses and disabilities.

Question 6

What are the cons?

Answer 6

• Goes against God’s image in plan for Humanity
• Remove certain groups of people and creates a lack of diversity
• it is wrong for scientists, parents and doctors to play God

Question 7

views on Designer babies

Answer 7

view 1: disabilities are disadvantageous no matter what so they must be fixed.
view 2: gene editing will ‘disappear’ certain people(e.g. dwarfism, deaf, blind)
view 3: it is only disadvantageous to these people because of the way society treats them.

Question 8

quote for Designer babies

Answer 8

“Consider the work of God.”
(Ecclesiastes 7:13)

“Let us make mankind in our image… rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every living creature.”
(Genesis 1:26)

“Nor soul can die except on God’s leave.”(Surah 3:145)

Question 9

What is Indoctrination?

Answer 9

Being taught radical or fundamentalist teachings /