genetic propensity for disease and instill high intellectual faculties are presented as routine for the characters in Gattaca. Still, many experts believe that those days and procedures are near indeed. Many would call the technological predictions expressed by the movie conservative. No one knows what unimaginable feats these technologies may enable in the future. For many people, though, this only compounds the moral concerns involved with these studies. Obviously, these developments need to be pursued in a prudent manner.In Gattaca, pre-natal selection is an advanced and common practice, giving parents the ability to choose almost any characteristics of their child. The current use of the phrase pre-natal selection generally refers to the choice of sex of an unborn fetus. However, it is believed that the selection will eventually encompass many more features, as was displayed in the movie. Lee M. Silver, a biologist and author who lectures widely on the social impact of biotechnology, predicts that production of children according to preferred genetic profiles will be an available technology by the middle of the this century. Many use the term designer babies when speaking of this issue because of the extent to which future childrens features may be determined by the choices of their parents. The most common objection to these practices is that they detract from the dignity of human life. Some are concerned that immunity to disease and general genetic superiority will be a privilege of the affluent, drastically widening societys socio-economic divides. Proponents argue that its only natural to provide your children with any strength and advantage possible. The expected benefits of genetic immunization techniques alone will revolutionize the field of health care. The enormous costs to society of medical treatment will be dramatically reduced, not to mention the relief of pain and suffering to countless people. Though it is doubtless ...
