Genetic engineering serves the individual need of helping to cure illness and diseases in unborn children. Moreover, it serves the societal needs of ending the spread of diseases. This can leads to effects on the environment and humans. According to the Journal of Biomedical Sciences, “The release of a new genetically engineered species would also have the possibility of causing an imbalance in the ecology of a region just exotic species would do. An accident or an unknown result could cause several problems” (Patra, 2015). A mistake in engineering the genetics of a virus or bacteria in a stronger type could cause a serious epidemic when released. In addition, this can also affect humans due to the fact that the population as a whole will be susceptible to viruses or any form of the disease. Since “the defective genes are replaced with a functional gene, then it is expected that there will be a reduction in genetic diversity and if human beings will have identical genomes” (Patra, 2015). Human should not be allowed to alter their own genetics at will because According to the Center for Genetics and Society, “efforts to genetically engineer future children and generations would be unsafe, medically unnecessary, and profoundly damaging to social justice and human rights” (Center for Genetics and Society, 2020)
