INBIO 104 Children by Design

This talks about ethical pros and cons. Mostly aboout chosing the sex and ruling out mutated genes. very interesting.

Research shows that children born with the help of reproductive technology might be at a higher risk for genetic defects leading to chronic disorders

This has good statistics and talks about choosing your baby's traits not only in the US but other countries as well

Benefits to choosing the gender of your child

This is an interesting article because it brings up the controversy of allowing parents to choose the traits they want in a child.

I actually really found this article helpful on the debating aspect.

This is actually scary to think about, if people are allowed to start picking gender or their babies, what if we end up with too many men, or maybe too many women? The idea sounds good in theory, but in reality I think it might end up causing a big mess.

Great website! Focuses more on the scientific rather that ethical aspect. Good definitions of vocab associated with designer babies.

Explores personal views on the first genitically modified embryo, mostly ethical issues (positive and negative)

A little older but still a good read on the topic.

Gives views on both sides of discussion, morally. very interesting!

It's not totally science related but this particular doctor was using IVF as a way to earn money and illegally skirt around the infertility treatment laws in Britain. Talk about ethics in medicine!

Still trying to find a more broad article on the ethical aspect of the topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca This film was mentioned at one point during class, and I saw it back in high school; it pretty much shows how DNA and choosing your child's genes would influence human lifestyle. Good film and I recommend for anyone else doing this topic. Also notice the title.

In my philosophy class we had a discussion on choosing your children's traits and talents. There were two articles by two authors who were on complete ends of the spectrum. One was all for it and couldn't see any bad in it. According to him it could be the way of the future! Scary.

This is just pretty cool.