Should Designer Babies Be Allowed

No need for Designer Babies
Jacques Cohen is the embryologists that created cytoplasmic transfer in hope to rescue eggs from unsuccessful in-vitro fertilization, IVF, in the mid-1990s. Over the past few years, parents have been trying to design their babies free of traits and diseases in which they may carry. There have been many results in which the procedure has only created problems. Designer Babies should not be allowed because there has been no evaluation on the outcome, creates more problems, and creates bioengineered babies.
The first reason I am against “Designer Babies” is due to no evaluation. According to Jonathan Van Blerkom, embryologist at the University of Colorado, the induvial who is doing this work have presented no real hardcore scientific background on the issue.

Studies show that in other treatment experiments, such as the one on high dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplants, there were thousands of deaths due to the lack of evaluation. More than 30,000 women participated in the research, and 9,000 deaths occurred before researchers finally performed clinical trials. By avoiding designer babies, we can save millions of un-born lives who are important in the reproduction role of our future.
Another reason I am against the issue is because it is scientifically proven that to create individuals with multiple mitochondrial genotypes leads to a very uncertain outcome.

“To deliberately create an induvial with multiple mitochondrial genotypes without knowing the consequences is really a step into the dark” (Cummins). Instead of destroying the problems that they assume the embryo will have, they will create other problems instead. Those other problems may even be new diseases in which we have no cure how to treat. Thus said, designer babies will create more diseases in the future.
Finally, my last reason is the fear of a competitive completion between parents to create the perfect child. In today’s society everyone wants there child to be perfect. Parents will become more in love with the image of the child created in there head, then the reality of the child. Is that not taking a way the child’s freedom of choice? The freedom to make mistakes and learn from them? The ability to create their own path of success the way God intended? Legislators are already against reproductive cloning and the balance of power in which the FDA regulatory control over reprogenetics

(Brown).
Everything is born uncertain of the challenges it may face. Who are we to try and change the way of how the reproductive cycle is meant to be. The famous quote “Everything happens for a reason” is true. We are face with many obstacles in our life that shape us into the people we are today. There is no evaluation of the outcome on designer babies. We do not want to create more problems for our society. Everything has a destiny to figure out on themselves. There is no need for designer babies.