Designer Babies

A disturbing and un-ethical trend is emerging in today's doctor's office. This tend is threatening the values that Christians hold dear and is taking the place of God's greatest work...creating life. More and more, people are opting to design their own babies instead of rejoicing in what God gives them. Designer babies can be defined as several different things. You can choose the sex of the baby, which egg is utilized for fertilization, to screen out birth defects or to intentionally alter the genetic makeup of the baby so it is born with a certain trait. For example, 4% of clinics surveyed admitted to having performed procedures to help couples create children with the same disability they have, such as dwarfism or deafness.

On a regular basis, doctors are asking patients if they prefer to take a test known as Amniocentesis. This test will educate the parents as to whether their child, growing in the womb, will have any kind of birth defect among other things. Armed with this knowledge, a parent can opt to have an abortion instead of dealing with the hardship of a handicapped child.

Don't get me wrong, I will be the first to admit, caring for a handicapped child would be a tremendous and arduous responsibility. However, a baby is a gift from God and if handicapped, can still be loved and can still show love. These children can still show parents wonderful things and teach a couple lessons of their own. At no time and under no circumstance, is abortion right. God gives us our child and we have been selected to raise it, handicap or otherwise and we should not fine tune that which God has blessed us with.