Designer Babies

Background The term ‘Designer Baby’ is not a scientific term, it is a term created by the media to describe conception techniques other than traditional. The techniques used give parents more control over what their babies will be like. These techniques have been available due to advances in these three fields: Advanced Reproductive Technology: Since the first ‘test tube’ baby was created more than twenty years ago, there have been hundreds of thousands of babies …

…A recent case where two completely deaf female partners screened sperm donors to find one who was also completely deaf to ensure that their baby was also deaf. I think this is wrong because they are creating a baby with a handicap. These two women, hover, feel that deafness is not a handicap but a ‘cultural identity’, and thought that their child could share their experiences. This case is filled with moral and ethical objections