Gene Therapy

These women...want nothing more than to be mothers; their husbands are equally fervent about being fathers. Their dreams are not of just any child. They want a child or children of their flesh, a child with the father’s chin and mother’s knack for mental arithmetic. —Barbara Stewart, New York Times (Silver, 211) Melissa and her husband Curtis wanted to have a baby. Like any other couples that are considering parenthood, they had hopes …

…would all be the same. Life is the way it is for a reason. People are bald, have big noses, are not good at math, are shy, and have diseases, all for a reason. Just because we do not know why, or understand why, does not mean we can assume it is okay to change the current state of humans on this planet. Our fate has, is, and always will be in God’s hands.