Designer Babies.
by Science and technology…changing our lives forever???
A child introducing himself …Hi…I am xyz. I am 4 years old. I have a brother and two fathers….or may be two mothers….Fifteen years back, this would have been an outright blasphemy. How could anyone have two fathers or for that matter two mothers? I remember dialogues from erstwhile Malayalam movies in which the hero called out to his adversaries saying, “Come out and face me if you are born to one father” or the routine bollywood dialogue…. “If you indeed had your mother’s milk, show me this or that”. Not now a days! The concept of a ‘family’ is fast changing. I write this after reading an article which has the photograph of a doc holding a baby in each hand, flanked by two happy (read gay) guys with the title, “gay parents get twin joy”. Each donated a sperm to fertilize two eggs from an unknown Indian mother. Not twins in actual sense, but born to two different fathers from a single mother in one go!!!
A combined effort of Science and Technology can create wonders. Well, there are innumerable permutations and combinations these days. Human rights have made unbelievable advances and what could have been an impossible feat in the past, whether for moral or scientific reasons, is now slowly becoming an integral part of our society and surprisingly, it’s not a big deal. Our society is evolving and this evolution is certainly eroding our age old practices. At the speed that we are going,few years down the line, maybe we will not need a mother, or a father, or a marriage, or a family. Future citizens will probably have two grandfathers…perhaps two grandmothers. Or better still, no physical relatives…may be one could go baby shopping (this concept is not entirely new).May be we will have huge banks of sperms and eggs of different varieties. May be the menu will read…Indian sperm, Asian, English, German….classified as per the characteristic of donor, eggs for…curly hair, blue eyes, brown skin, Mongolian eyes, tall, short, wide hips, heavy chest blah blah blah !!!
Mix n Match to your taste! Designer Babies-not a far fetched idea eh? With due respect to the current generation, somehow I am quite happy and content with how things went for me ;)
…I must classify as an unintelligent moron for sure !!!!
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Post CommentAngelji
On December 13, 2011 at 5:19 am
I just hope and pray that though times moves so fast , we should not go away with our values .
gaby7
On December 13, 2011 at 5:48 am
I agree with you completely Angelji, values order society and eliminates social chaos and confusion, am not sure whether the words “mom” or “dad” will exist any more in a situation like this!
aRievz
On December 13, 2011 at 7:54 am
Nice article..
ImKarn23
On December 13, 2011 at 8:34 am
ethics are a thing of the past..
when will the time come when girls and boys are no long balanced?
erwinkennythomas
On December 13, 2011 at 3:33 pm
raises many ethical and philosophical questions that only time can resolve
golden boy
On December 13, 2011 at 8:07 pm
ethical considerations should be considered…keep up the good writing…
ragnarok1992
On December 13, 2011 at 10:11 pm
nicely written artical, thanks for posting.
Vinaya says good bye
On December 13, 2011 at 10:30 pm
I remember those filmy dialogues in Bollywood movies. You have raised a critical point. I appreciate your arguments.
ittech
On December 14, 2011 at 5:08 am
thanks for this
mart99
On December 14, 2011 at 7:25 am
Nice Article
Yvhes P.
On December 14, 2011 at 8:12 am
very good points raised about the topic. thanks for sharing.
Olgaolga
On December 14, 2011 at 10:29 am
very good article.
hbkhrushikesh
On December 14, 2011 at 11:01 am
i just wrote about parenting, and here i read about designer babies!!!
bryan21764
On December 14, 2011 at 11:31 am
Interesting Read!
megamatt09
On December 14, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Society really has taken a drop. Not that it was much of anything to begin with.
Val Mills
On December 14, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Very scary. So much is already happening.
yes me
On December 14, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Cheers on that one
faizalhuda
On December 14, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Good work.
Ebony Oliver
On December 14, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Nice article. keep them coming.
PHILLY DREAMER
On December 15, 2011 at 12:31 am
While it may seem to go against the will of God, i believe further study into this area of science will help to sustain the survival of our species. Let’s say that the last man and woman on earth are both sterile, if they did not need to use the normal method of procreation the species could still survive.
MJRapp
On December 15, 2011 at 1:04 am
Interesting and freaky. I guess people can have it their way at more places than Burger King.
ittech
On December 16, 2011 at 7:29 am
motivating
ittech
On December 16, 2011 at 7:30 am
motivating very good one thanks
SharifaMcFarlane
On December 19, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Lots of changes ahead. People have always been this way. At least now they have what they want.
Mic Kath
On December 22, 2011 at 4:34 pm
To be honest, I’m a lil against your views
dazzlejazz
On December 29, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Yes, I know what you mean. The definition of ‘family’ is way more different than it was when I was a kid.
ittech
On January 23, 2012 at 10:23 pm
interesting writing again . Thnx for sharing
sheilanewton
On February 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm
What a magic piece of writing. Loved it. The idea of designer babies appalls me!
Safa
On February 23, 2012 at 4:17 am
Interesting article. Funny image