The past two years, I led a project called, Designer Babies, mainly to evoke an animated, faith-based discussion. Here goes a third year. The idea is to treat Designer Babies, as an example of project based learning or PBL. The driving question is 'Should a parent design a child?' Or 'Would you design your child?' The project is creating a blog with video, articles, opinions, and editorials. The Co-op has a Bio-ethics/Literature class. The group is studying a hot of issues using a wide range of dystopian literature. Cool, right? The first thing is to become acquainted with the topics: 'savior siblings', forms of IVF, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, 'three-parent babies, surrogacy, etc. The moral issues become more tangled. As a devout Catholic, what does the Church teach? Have a look at these articles. As you develop your blog, each key term and topic should be defined and amplified. Below are a few articles to spark your search.
'Who will save the savior sibling?'
'Three Parent Baby....'
'Three-parent Baby Makes Human Life Disposable...'
'Do women who donate their eggs tuna health risk?'
'Data Gaps in Reproductive Health....'
'India Unveils Plans to Ban Surrogacy'
'Begotten Not Made'
IVF Mix-up
'Multifetal Pregnacy Reduction'
'The Future of Fertility'
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