Designer babies are created through genetic screening or modification of embryos to produce desired traits. Embryos may be screened prior to implantation using techniques like preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to select embryos without detected genetic diseases. While this allows for healthy babies and spares couples selective termination, it raises moral issues of genetic enhancement and could worsen social inequities if only the wealthy can access these technologies.

1. DESIGNER
BABIES
BY:
SNEHA

2. AGENDA FOR TODAY
DESIGNER BABY
FIRST DESIGNER BABY
PURPOSE
PRINCIPLE USED
CREATING A DESIGNER BABY
PROS AND CONS
ETHICAL ISSUES
CASE STUDY

3. A designer baby is a baby that is the
result of genetic screening or genetic
modification. Embryos may be screened
prior to implantation, or possibly gene
therapy techniques could be used to
create desired traits in a child.

6. HOW ARE DESIGNER
BABIES CREATED?

11. PROS• Allows couples who can’t conceive
normally to have children
• Allows couples to balance gender in their
families
• Genetic screening reduces the baby’s
chances of being born with a serious
genetic disease
• Increases the likelihood of a healthy baby
• Reduces chances of miscarriage
• Reduces chances of termination due to
disorder
• Can be used to save lives

12. CONS Moral and ethical concerns:
• Too much like playing God
• Killing embryos that could have grown into humans
 Social concerns:
• High cost leads to gap in society
• Could lead to eugenics: individuals are “bred” or
designed to suit social preferences
• Genetically enhanced people may start to feel superior
to those who haven’t been enhanced
• Such groups of people may become prejudiced against
one another due to a feeling of lost common humanity
with non-enhanced people

13. Safety concerns:
• Can lead to ovarian hyper-
stimulation syndrome (OHSS)
• Unskilled lab technology could
damage embryo during biopsy
• The removal of cells from eight-
cell embryos has implications for
the well-being of people created
by PGD

14. PREIMPLANTATION
GENETIC
DIAGNOSTICS(PGD)

15. • Pre-implantation genetic
diagnosis (PGD or PIGD) refers to
genetic profiling of embryos prior
to implantation (as a form of used
to screen for a specific genetic
disease, its main advantage is
that it avoids selective pregnancy
termination as the method makes
it highly likely that the baby will
be free of the disease under
consideration.