The author of this article is Wynne Parry. She writes various scientific articles about biology and the body. She graduated from Columbia University and writes for the Huffington Post.

Anyone interested in genetic modification. The Huffington Post is a conservative source; therefore, the audience is probably right-leaning; could also be adults interested in having kids and are curious about "designing" a baby.

This article was written in 2013 so fairly recent. There could be more insight on the consequences on genetic engineering; however, there have been no major breakthroughs since publication. Again, this article is published in the Huffington Post, so it is credible

This article is intended to inform readers about the ethics involved with genetic engineering. In addition, the author wants to present her viewpoints on the issue at hand. She feels as if designing babies is unethical and she wants to explain why she feels that way.

The author feels as though mother nature should decide our fate. She believes it is wrong to create something artificially. Even though this could prevent disease, the author feels as though genetic design will eliminate natural selection.

Parry feels as though there is no guarantee of success. She compares altering a human embryo to altering a seed and mentions how scientist just "discard" unsuccessful attempts of seed modification. She believes it is wrong to disregard the fact that an embryo is alive and dehumanizes it by just discarding the failure.