Designer Babies & Saviour Siblings

babies with gender and characteristics chosen by their parents - currently illegal
a child conceived by IVF with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to save the life of incurably ill sibling through the use of the cord blood
Arguments AGAINST DESIGNER BABIES
1. involves choosing the embryos with the 'right features' and destroying those which don't
2. the test itself could damage the foetus which means harming another human being
3. shows unhealthy search for the 'perfect child'
4. new life should be accepted and loved in all forms
5. could lead to better human beings with only the rich able to afford them
6. Children are a gift from God and should be loved in all forms
Arguments FOR DESIGNER BABIES
1. morally acceptable as it ensures the health of a baby
2. stops hereditary condition being based down so the kind thing to do
3. relieves the suffering of parents who will have to see a child die before another
4. allows children to fulfill their potential
5. parents get to watch children grow up
Arguments AGAINST SS
1. embryos are discarded in the process - Christians who believe in the sanctity of life will oppose
2. we do not value the child for what it is but what it can do
3. all children should be valued for being children of God
4. the saviour siblings could be emotionally damaged when they find out they were born to save another sibling
5. child may feel unwanted
Arguments FOR SS
1. morally good
2. Jesus healed the sick
3. ss are just like other kinds of blood or organ donation
4. an ss can be treated as a normal human being
5. example could be pregnant mums who exist for babies
6. another good reason to have a child

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