Are the Present Day “designer babies” a Threat to Humankind?”

Abstract

"The indiscriminate use of the term “designer babies” by the media only highlights the future danger of producing “designer babies” in the truest sense of the term by altering genes as per ones wish by choosing desirable or cosmetic characteristics and evokes a sense of fear in the minds of the people. It fails to portray the tremendous capacity of this procedure towards betterment of humankind. In the article, titled ‘A Christian Response to the Issue of “Designer babies”’ by Minnie Sarah, M. Theol, Candidate for Doctorate in Theology at the South Asian,Theological Research Institute (SATHRI), Bangalore, India, published in EJAIB Vol 16 (4) July 2006, the author took up a similar role as the journalists without delving deep into the concept and analyzing whether we are really designing babies or how feasible it is to design babies and trade with those. "