CAJ #1: Abstract for Designer Babies

This Current Affairs Journal aims to provide readers and myself an insight into the highly controversial topic of Designer Babies that makes the social world fear for the future. The focus lies on the exact techniques and new developments as well as on the laws and ethics behind this advanced technology that is used to “design” a baby outside the mother’s body. Further aspects might follow if they are considered relevant to the topic. The amount of information used to discuss and elaborate the subjects of the CAJ was collected, in from of articles and scientific papers, and summarized from the Internet. While working on the journal, it has become more evident that the reproductive technologies behind the concept of designer babies, such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and Computational Genomics, are far more advanced than we are aware of. It is believed that in the foreseeable future, wealthy parents will be able to preselect all sorts of qualities such as height and longevity to create a world with impeccable human beings. Due to this technological advancement, it can be predicted that more couples will be inclined to opt for conceiving this way and that this growing trend will undoubtedly influence the future.