Arguments Against
PGD to prevent a genetic disorder
- You are saying that people with genetic disorders are inferior
- It involves destroying embryos that are genetically distinct human lives
- You aren't helping the child, as you are destroying it - it's just done to make the parent's life easier
- The parents may regret the decision later, when it is too late
- We don't know the risks of PGD yet
- If you say you couldn't look after a sick child, what if your healthy child becomes sick?
- It is treating a sacred human life as a thing
PGS for gender selection
- It is using a technique, designed to prevent the most serious disorders, in a trivial way
- Parents should love their children whatever their gender
- If everyone did it, there may lead to lots of boys and no girls
- It will lead to sexual discrimination
- You are destroying perfectly healthy embryos simply because of their gender
- If used because you have many children of the opposite gender, what message does this send them?
Designer Babies (enhancement)
- Equality - you are undermining the very important principle that all humans are equal, whatever their looks, strength or intelligence
- You are 'playing God' and interfering with his creation
- It's un-natural
- It's eugenics
- The technology could be misused
