Family
Sep. 20, 2018
Designer babies, an ethical conundrum: dystopia or scientific miracle?
Society should be contemplating the ethics of genetically engineered human embryos and the risks that it poses to the genetics of future generations.
Evie P. Jeang
Managing Partner
Ideal Legal Group, Inc.
international family law
2880 W Valley Blvd
Alhambra , CA 91803-1858
Phone: (626) 569-1882
Fax: (800) 914-1142
Email: ejeang@ideallegalgroup.com
Southwestern Univ Law School
Evie is founder of Ideal Legal Group, a boutique family law firm, and Surrogacy Concierge, a full-service agency for the surrogacy and fertility needs of growing families. As an attorney licensed to practice law in California and New York, she has over 15 years of experience in the areas of international family law and surrogacy law.
The notion of "designer babies" has been a divisive topic in contemporary society. Those with a more dystopian outlook on the future of genetic modification may recall Andrew Niccol's quintessential 1997 science fiction film "Gattaca" or Aldous Huxley's 1932 classic novel "Brave New World." Both stories tell the tale of a future where genetic modification is standard. Disease and genetic imperfections are scarce. Social and societal hierarchies are based upon one's ge...
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