“One need not be deeply religious or oppose abortion to be troubled by the prospect of a society in which, as the bioethicist Alexander Capron, “the desired child becomes the child made for”. order a child'" (Shannon). With growing concerns about building a baby through eugenics and IVF or in vitro fertilization, the government, court systems, activists and public media are beginning to take note. Being able to choose the generic brand of your babies This would be an ethical disaster with a slippery slope towards an era where the child is man-made with the qualities of a baby instead of natural creation. of a new life. Creating a designer baby through IVF technology would not only have serious consequences affecting this generation by all future generations. The idea of ​​improving the human race and its family has been around since the 1930s. and 1940 and was later rejected when the Nazis attempted to change humanity to create the Arian race (Dr. Nicholson); however, the IVF process and test tube babies are much more recent (Baird Embryologist Jacques Cohen). was one of the first to pioneer a new technique that would eventually lead to what we use today, IVF (Shannon). This new form of IVF will be a slippery slope toward eugenics, the creation of siblings to become spare parts, the selection of traits from a shopping cart, and the falsification of the building blocks of life. Depending on the source consulted, there are many “first” test tube babies through IVF and each person has a unique connection to the subject of designer babies. Linda Geddes writes that Connor Levy made history in Philadelphia, after his parents examined the genome of a batch of their embryos for abnormalities, to choose the healthiest...... mid newspaper......: Regional Business News. Internet. November 17, 2013. International Business, Times. “Are you going to personalize your unborn baby?” Ethics says NO! » International Business Times October 3, 2013. Regional economic news. Internet. Nov 4, 2013Iredale, R, et al. “What choices should we be able to make regarding designer babies? A citizens' jury made up of young people from South Wales. Health Expectations 9.3 (2006): 207-217. CINAHL with full text. Internet. November 6, 2013.Park, Alice. “Designer baby.” » Time 156.16 (2000): 102. Business Source Premier. Internet. November 02, 2013.Peterson-lyer, Karen. “The Limits of Genetic Control.” Creative children: reconciling genetic technology, ferinism and the Christian faith. 170: Pilgrim Press, 2004. Viewpoints Reference Center. Internet. November 13, 2013. “UK could approve creating babies with DNA from 3 people.” » Fox News. FOX News Network, January 28, 2013. Web. November 17. 2013.