Controversial+Issues+and+Bioethics

Embryo screening is an incredible scientific tool that helps save many lives and yet there is a lot of controversy involved with it. Embryo screening can be used to discover chromosome disorder in parents and prevent the disorders from passing on from parent to child. Some people are for the use of embryo screening others against it.

People in favor of using embryo screening say that it is a great way to ensure that a child will live a life free of a genetic mutation. Eliminating the dangerous disorder will lessen the obstacles in the childs life. This group also believes that the child is entitled to live a healthy life even if doctors have to change the genetic make up of a person to do this.

People against embryo screening claim that it has the potential to do great good, but can also cause much harm. If the new genetic treatments don't work properly or have flaws then the child could be very easily be harmed and potentially cause drastic abnormalities. This group also says that parents, and doctors don't have the right to change a person's body without their permission. The child cannot speak for itself so we don't know what the child wants to do as far as taking this risk of correcting genetic mutations. In short this group is against doctors "playing god." What do you think? Should people be allowed to change their child's genetic make up?

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