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The Price of Life
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As technology introduces new advances, it also brings along new problems.
How do you feel about couples conceiving a baby to save the life of their other child?
If their child is dying from some forms of cancer, it is possible to save their life with the bone marrow of a family’s new addition. Actually, that child may be saved with the marrow of any compatible donor; however, it can be tough to find a donor with a close enough match, especially if a close match isn’t already in the family, it gets rough. However, the chance of that couple’s newborn child being a match is one in four. To many, that’s a good gamble.
Ethically, where do you stand?
How do you feel about couples conceiving a baby to save the life of their other child?
If their child is dying from some forms of cancer, it is possible to save their life with the bone marrow of a family’s new addition. Actually, that child may be saved with the marrow of any compatible donor; however, it can be tough to find a donor with a close enough match, especially if a close match isn’t already in the family, it gets rough. However, the chance of that couple’s newborn child being a match is one in four. To many, that’s a good gamble.
Ethically, where do you stand?
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but...i dont have children and im sure if i did i would try to do anything in my power to save them, but i dont think 'designer babies' are the way to go about it
Its probably not that important a question, however, as a lot of babies with leukaemia requiring urgent bone marrow transplantation probably wouldnt last nine months.
And shouldnt this really be in politics?
Secondly, to the point of the post, I'm in two minds on this sort of thing. On the one hand, genetic engineering is in very early stages. And I don't agree with so-called 'designer babies.' It could pave the way for sibling rivalry on a huge scale: "You wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for me", that sort of thing.
On the other hand, if I was a parent I'd probably want to do anything I could to save my child, including bringing another child into the world to save him/her. The knife cuts both ways.
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I'm moving this to politics
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