Designer baby

The term designer baby is used sometimes, but its meaning is often not clear or simple. Most of the time, it means "influencing the quality of a child which is not yet born". The main idea is to change the genetics, of the child for the better. What is "better" is often up for debate. There are many technical, social, moral and legal issues connected to this idea. Society has scarcely begun to think about these issues. However, it is now certain that some of these ideas can, in principle, be done.^[1]

Nazis in Germany were interested in genetic engineering and designer babies in the form of eugenics.

The following are brief examples of what might be done. It is not a list of what should or will be done. Some elements are already happening in some parts of the world.^[2][3][4]

1. ↑ McGee, Glenn 2000 (1997). The perfect baby: a pragmatic approach to genetics. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-8344-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Naik, Gautam 2009 (12 February 2009). "A baby please: blond, freckles -- hold the colic". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 October 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ "Designer babies: Controversy over embryo selection". 9 January 2009 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
4. ↑ Silver, Lee M. (1998). Remaking Eden: cloning and beyond in a brave new world. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-380-79243-5