Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?
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Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies
The motion today is use gene editing to make better babies. How do we imagine what better babies would look like? Well, I have a collection of magazine covers that feature pictures of so-called better or designer babies. All these babies have some things in common. Every one of them has blonde hair, blue or green eyes, fair skin. And I think that reflects a likely future if we allow gene editing to made better babies. It's why we should keep the door shut. Voting no is against opening the door to a new form of high tech market driven eugenics.
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