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Should We Create Babies By Design?
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It's not a perfect world, and people look at people who are different as odd -- as handicapped, almost. As a mother, I didn't want my son to go through life with something hampering him.
--Robin Lott-Lederman, whose son takes growth hormone to increase his height, interviewed in NOVA:"Children By Design," 1993
Do parents continue in the time-honored tradition where children are a gift, a blessing bestowed by the Creator or some outside force? Or do parents see themselves now as architects, as designers, as programmers, for the next generation?
--Jeremy Rifkin, in The Secret of Life, by Joseph Levine and David Suzuki, 1998
Is there any way to distinguish between gene therapy aimed at a fatal disease and "enhancement engineering" -- the genetic equivalent of cosmetic surgery? Who should set guidelines for the development and application of this technology? Should any limits be imposed at all?
--Joseph Levine and David T. Suzuki, The Secret of Life, 1998
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Genetic scientist David Suzuki felt plagued by his Asian traits as a boy growing up in America in the 1940s. Would he have changed them if he could?
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You've seen the arguments. This is your last chance to decide:
Do the benefits of new genetic tools outweigh the risks?
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