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Adding to this detrimental list is the desire for perfect, designer babies. Sure PGD can prevent awful hereditary diseases, but the cons of this technology definitely outweigh the pros. Genetically modifying children and choosing certain embryos will cause more harm than advantages because humans will become more power-hungry after choosing their children based off their standards of perfection, changing the DNA of embryos is morally wrong, and the genetic diversity of GMO children will not be very strong. One could say that designing babies is like the Subway sandwich line where people build their dream sub, except this time, it is dream children and the condiments are their traits. Shouldn’t children be viewed as gifts, not as sandwiches? Has society taken it too far this