Test Tube Babies
With increasing technology today, we can pretty much do almost anything when it comes to childbirth and fertilisation. With the IVF technology, it is possible to choose which sperm you want to fertilise your egg. These days, you can choose the sex of your child and its only a matter of time before we could choose every characteristic of your child.
IVF, is when an egg is extracted from the body, and is fertilised with a sperm. All this occurs in labs outside of the human body. With our expanding knowledge of genetics and fertilisation, it will eventually be possible to choose the exact baby we want. So do you want a perfection, or do you prefer to do it the old fashion way? A perfect baby, free from genetic disorders but they will still be susceptible to other diseases and problems which may occur after fertilisation. Would you rather care for a child that is sick all the time or give birth to a child that is free from problems?
Although this next part may be unethical, I still think it is a dam good idea. When the day comes that we can choose every characteristic of a baby, maybe we should just create tet tube babies with O blood. Since these people have blood which is desired, we could mass breed them and then mine them for their blood. This way, there wont be a shortage of O blood for those people, and when in need other blood groups can use their blood two. Of course, these babies will be nurtured and cared for, but these babies are in the end just walking DNA factories. Think about it, the first person to do this can make so much profit?
When this day comes, who wants to join me in profiting from the perfect test tube babies, in the most unethical way possible?
August 20, 2008 at 6:28 am
As selfish as it may sound, for the sake of my hyperthetical child, and me I would want to take care of a healthy child albeit morally (kinda, not really depends how you see it) unethical in some ways i.e you arnt giving birth to a child that is full of natural surprises. But in retrospect it would save a lot of future money that would have had to be used for medicine, machines and any other sorts of medication and time and energy need to look after a 24/7 sick child. You should only use this technology to beneift the child, not create the perfect child, because in reality, the perfect child doesnt exist unless its aint yours, unless you mean the perfect child where its like sick free and free of genetic disorders then hell yerh.
August 20, 2008 at 6:56 am
Lol at your homophones
“This way, there wont be a shortage of O blood for those people, and when in need other blood groups can use their blood two”
And…
I prefer it naturally
But i still don’t want kids … cbb
August 21, 2008 at 11:54 am
Nahhh Fuck unethical shit. I hate learning about that. My ethics r different from other people. I define unethical differently. So Why the hell should i care what other people think? They can say unethical until the cows come home and i still wouldn’t give a shit. Fuck you politically correct SOBs
August 23, 2008 at 7:04 am
I’m imagining little Johns in tes ttubes being harvested by a giant john in a lab coat. Ethics aren’t an issue there =)