Annotated Bibliography # 3

http://singularityhub.com/2009/02/25/designer-babies-like-it-or-not-here-they-come/

Keith Kliner
Feb 25th 2009

Designer Babies - Like It Or Not, Here They Come

There are definitely two strong ways to look at this issue, as a good thing or a bad thing. There was one case to show the good thing about designer babies that happened witht the Whitley family. They had a baby that died at 9 months of age from spinal muscular atrophy. PGD (Preimplantation Genetics Diagnosis) was able to tell the parents that they would have a one in four chance with creating a child with the same disease. After trying to cure diseases, gender was the next on the list to design. Then after this will be eye color, complexion, and even hair color. However a Fertility Institute can not grant a trait to the child that neither one of the parents have. Ironically even though the U.S. is one of the more heavily regulated countries, PGD is perfectly legal.