Questions About Controversy

In this blog post I will be exploring the topic of designer babies further to gain a greater understanding of the subject. I am going to pose multiple questions that answer who, what, when, where, and how. 

WHO
1. Who are the major groups, companies, or organizations that support designer babies and the research and technology behind them?
2. Who are the major groups, companies, or organizations that are against designer babies and the research and technology behind them?
3. Who are some major figures that are have made public speech acts on designer babies?
4. Who is the audience that wants to learn and know more about designer babies?
5. Who is the audience that would want to engage in public acts of speech about designer babies?

WHAT
1. Is the debate solely pro and con designer babies?
2. Are there other aspects of the technology being debated?
3. Is the use of gene editing to eradicate disease up for debate?
4. What are some commonly held beliefs on the pro side of the debate?
5. What are some commonly held beliefs on the con side of the debate?

WHEN
1. When did the first breakthroughs with gene editing technology happen?
2. When did the idea of gene editing to cure disease first develop?
3. When did the idea of designer babies first develop?
4. When did embryo selection through IVF first take place?
5. When is it predicted that the gene editing technology will be available and safe to use on humans?

WHERE
1. What forms of social media publicize the debates and arguments of designer babies?
2. What genres produce work that talks about the designer baby controversy?
3. What companies are the leaders in genetic editing research?
4. What laborites are making the greatest advancements toward getting the gene editing technology closest to being ready to be used on humans?
5. What areas of the country share beliefs in favor/against designer babies?

HOW
1. What media sources have been responsible for communicating events related to designer babies?
2. Has any organization or group showed full support for designer babies?
3. Are people that use IFV to choose the sex of their baby focused on in debate articles?
4. Do any sources have valid predictions about the reality of designer babies in the future?
5. Are there any scholarly journals or media sources that have touched on designer babies?

Schumann, Tobias. "Who is it." 25 Oct 2011 via Wikipedia Commons. Creative Commons.