"Designing Babies: What the Future Holds" Rhetorical Precis

In the article "Designing Babies: What the Future Holds" (2004) Yury Verlinsky empasizes the various ethical debates over teh techniques and technologies behind human designer babies. Verlinsky supports his claim by stating this controversial question: should it be illegal for parents and doctors to design babies by selecting pr altering an embryo and bring it to a full-term fetus. The writer soon acknowledges the fact that sorting through embroys is beneficial in the case to prevent certain genetic diseases in order to reduce the financial and emotional strains on the parents. Verlinsky shifts his tone towards the economic situation in the United States, which he believes plays a significant role in making choices such as the characteristics of a new born child. He keeps his audience in mind by not completely demoralizing the designing of unborn children. He goes into great detail about PGD which is a medical diagnostic procedure allowing the design to avoid the pregnancy with congenital disease.

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Velinsky, Yury. "Designing Babies: What the Future Holds." Reproductive Biomedicine Online (Reproductive Healthcare Limited) 10. (2005): 24-26. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.