What Americans Think About Gene Editing for Babies

In an article by Science News, they analyze the Pew Research Center's findings on the attitudes of Americans towards tweaking the genes of unborn babies. 72% of Americans surveyed favored changing an unborn babies' genetic makeup to treat a disease or condition that would be present at birth. On the other hand, Americans are not on board with the idea of "designer babies," with about 80% agreeing that boosting intelligence with gene-editing would be taking medical technology too far. Furthermore, 65% said they did not support gene-editing if it required experimenting on human embryos, however, experiments on embryos are already underway in Europe and China. Only time will tell how the attitude of gene-editing on babies will be in the future.