Question

The text raises excellent questions about ethical issues related to using technology in genetics, such as. If you could select three genetic traits for your children, which ones would you select? How would you feel about raising children you have adopted or fostered but to whom you are not genetically related? If a biological child of yours might be born disabled or fatally ill because of your genetic heritage, would you have children anyway? What 
circumstances or conditions would affect your decision? 

Answer 1

If the parents were allowed to select three traits for children, I would mostly select,

• Intelligence level
• Deletion of mutant genes
• Any specific physical feature of their importance

If the children are present at the time of their birth, they can form a good bond with the parents although they are not the biological parents. However, the reaction of parents differs or vary from one another, usually most of them form or develop a good affection towards the children.

If the biological child is disabled, it usually causes more stress to the parents as they likely to compare them with the other children. They usually take the opinion of a genetic counselor and take necessary measures if it is possible to prevent the condition. If the inheritance is somehow cannot be prevented, they better not to have further children, so that they can prevent spread of the disease to the future generations.