What a mom of a child with Down syndrome thinks about ‘designer babies’
operationhaveitall
Posted on February 18, 2013
I’ll be honest. I really thought this was going to be so much easier. When my editors at SheKnows and allParenting asked me to cover a debate on genetic engineering of babies, I thought, sure! How hard can it be? I mean, the hashtag associated with the debate was #designerbabies. Um, yeah. Controversial. Risky. Scary. A solid no vote from this mama. Right? I’d love to hear how you react after reading my SheKnows article, which I worked hard to make balanced. Did I do it right? Where do you land? SheKnows reports: Should we be able to design our own babies? After watching the debate and writing the SheKnows article, I was torn. The “answer” I landed on might not be popular with…
