With current technological advances, it is very likely that in the future, couples will have the opportunity to use genetic processes to sort embyros for desired characteristics.  Who should decide how much parents should be able to use technology to design their offspring?  Should genetic enhancement be allowed?  Gene therapy was developed to help treat genetic disorders; it is right to use it to allow a parent to select their child's eye color?  Who should have access to the technology and who will pay for its use?

Some opinions emphasize the right of the individual.  They argue that women should be able to decide all matters pertaining to their pregnancy.  The government's present policies tend to side with this point of view, and allow couples to do as much genetic testing as they would like.

Others believe that decisions should be made based on the rights of the fetus.  They do not think parents or doctors should be deciding what characteristics are "normal".

It is indisputable that in some cases, genetic choices can help reduce the risk of genes responsible for diseases.  Some believe that further selection of "good" genes will benefit mankind, while others argue that this counteracts the whole idea of natural selection and Darwinian survival of the fittest.

Should there be a distinction between using gene therapy to treat disease and for the improvement of human characteristics?  Isn't it the diversity of the human population that makes us so rich?  By creating a "normal" or "best" set of characteristics, is it possible that we are losing something that makes our species what it is?   Either way, it will be interesting to see whether the government steps in to regulate these new developing technologies.