Friday evening I picked up the London Lite, my fave free paper.

One of the “smaller” items inside screamed “FIrst genetically modified baby to be born”. Wow. Man has gone so far. We landed on the moon, we developed and used nuclear bombs, battled HIV… now we’re still playing god.

Most parents will do anything for their children. We all have the tendency to give our children the chances and opportunities we never had. We want the best life possible for them. We pray when they are sick, we plead to the Almighty not to let our children be sick “again”.

I pray my son doesn’t develop asthma, which runs in my family. I pray that he doesn’t develop allergic rhinitis, which I battle with every year.

I know these pale in comparison to the big ‘C’ and yes I would pray he doesn’t get that as well.

But would I go as far as requesting his genes modified like a lab rat? Perhaps because I don’t have to, I can say “No”.

Goodluck to the family, but I do hope this “power” is not misused. Frankly, I am hoping they don’t do it again. It feels so wrong.

News here.

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