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** What does eugenics mean? **
Eugenics is the meaning of well born.

This is a question a lot of doctors, scientists, organisations and even members of the public think about. In the media they call selecting specific traits for your children 'making designer babies' because you are making a child look exactly what you want.They could have the perfect blonde, curly hair and bright blue eyes if you wished, you could could even choose if it was a girl or a boy. But is this right, is having a perfect child worth the money, is it fair on the child? But most impotently is this ethical?
 * Should parents be allowed to use Eugenics to select specific traits for their children **



** Scientists **
Scientist David Goldstien,of Duke University in North Carolina recons that there will be a dramatic increase in designer babies over the next decade.He doesn't have a side on which he likes but he thinks that we should draw a line in the sand."It's something we need to think hard about,"Scientist David Goldstien says.

Professor Gab Kovacs,says "choosing the sex of your baby is an acceptable progression,but opponents hold equally strong views".



** //Doctors// **
A Californian doctor, Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg thinks it's good because children who are at risk of inheriting a illness can be saved from suffering if the embryo or embryos are scanned. He also thinks that more people are worried about genetically inherited illnesses then the gender of their child. Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg has three clinics across the U.S.A. And has quite a few Australians coming each year.

Positives Of Eugenics

 * Because we can change the eugenics of a child we can stop people inheriting illnesses.
 * We make everyone have darker shades of skin then it could help prevent skin cancer.

Negatives Of Eugenics

 * People might start looking like each other.
 * There might not be an equal ratio of male and female.

www.uvm.edu/~**eugenics**/whatisf.html