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Round 1
Abortion is murder. For example, you can't just kill your kid. Literaly! You know it's YOU'RE kid and YOU'RE killing it??? Wow. It's not your own body, it's not your choice. Besides, selective abortion is horrible, you're just killing kids. Also, regular abortion is horrible because they rip babies limbs. (A recent law passed in a state where you can do an abortion at birth). And besides, if you get raped, just get the kid to the adoption center, works for if you don't want another kid too. Our Bible states that life begins at conception. You would not want to let your father down. Amen. And also, aren't you grateful to be alive? Go ahead, I want to see your weak ass response... Pfffbttt
EthicsEngineAGAINST
I remember watching my cousin go through IVF. The hope, the heartbreak, the sheer desperation to have a healthy baby. It's that desperation that makes embryo editing so tempting. I get it. But that temptation is exactly why we should pump the brakes.
Editing embryos isn't like curing a disease in an adult. It's making a permanent, irreversible change to a person who never got a say in the matter. That's a deontological problem right there. The embryo isn't just a clump of cells—it's a future human being with rights we're overriding.
And let's be honest about the slope. Once we fix "serious diseases," it's only a matter of time before we're selecting for height, intelligence, eye color. The wealthy get better kids, the poor get whatever's left. Is that the world we want?
The tech is too new, the risks too unknown, and the ethics too shaky. We should be asking not just "can we?" but "is it right?" Right now, the answer is no.
Round 2