Each year a significant number of children are born with some type of hereditary, genetic defect. Several of these defects can be determined while the unborn baby is still in the womb of the mother. Throughout recent years, genetic engineering has proved to be beneficial to families who are prone to birth defects. A controversy arises between those who believe in genetic engineering and those who do not believe in genetic engineering. People who are against genetic engineering question human's right to try to play the role of God by altering the way he has made a child. To answer this, God gave doctors the ability to help those couples who are prone to having children with birth defects. God gave humans the knowledge to take the technology that he has presented to them and use it to help a child in need. Therefore, God also gave those couples considering the use of genetic engineering the ability to take into their own hands the outcome of their child's life.
             Genetic engineering involves several techniques which manipulate and alter the genes found in the cells of living organisms (Morris 58). Some of these techniques include gene therapy and genetic screening, both of which are beneficial in some way to those who possibly carry a gene that could cause a birth defect. Gene therapy is the medical replacement or repair of defective genes in living cells (Dudley 252). To further explain, if a person carried the defective gene for Tay-Sachs disease a gene therapist could splice the defective gene (transform the DNA) and replace it with a non-defective gene. This will not only help a person that has the defective genes but also will in turn help if he or she decides to have a child. Genetic screening is the testing of individuals for genetic abnormalities (Dudley 252). Such screening gives a couple the option to go to a genetic counselor and be tested to discover if they carry any defective or life-threatening genes. Some believe that!
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