FAMILY ETHICS LEAFLET Designer Babies: What Future Parents Should Consider A changing debate The term designer babies is often used for chil...

FAMILY ETHICS LEAFLET

Designer Babies: What Future Parents Should Consider

A changing debate

The term designer babies is often used for children (1) __________ inherited traits may be selected or altered before birth. What once sounded like science fiction is now part of real legal and ethical discussion.

What future parents may need to ask

• Supporters argue that gene editing could prevent severe disease, while critics fear it may (2) __________ new forms of inequality instead of removing old ones.
• Families may also find it difficult to distinguish urgent treatment from (3) __________.
• Public concern grows sharper when private choices begin to shape social expectations about (4) __________ for future generations.

Why caution remains necessary

Ethicists repeatedly warn against (5) __________ technological capability for moral justification. Laws may set limits, yet they cannot always (6) __________ parents with a workable moral framework when facing decisions whose consequences may extend far beyond one family.

Question 1: A. whom        B. that        C. whose        D. who

Question 2: A. bring in        B. usher in        C. break down        D. turn over

Question 3: A. parental appearance-based preference        B. appearance-based preference parental

C. parental preference for appearance        D. preference parental for appearance

Question 4: A. heredity        B. heritable        C. hereditary        D. hereditarily

Question 5: A. to confuse        B. confuse        C. confusing        D. confused

Question 6: A. hand        B. draw        C. lend        D. furnish