Dean Adkins
Dr. Watkins
College Composition and Research
April 13, 2017
Genetic Engineering: The Children of the Future
Thesis: Genetic engineering should be legal because it would allow gender selection, save human lives, prevent bodily abnormalities, assist infertile parents, and forbid designer babies
I. Counterargument: Gender selection
A. Sexist
B. Unnecessary
C. Unnatural
II. Argument: Gender selection
A. Human desire
B. Beneficial procedure
C. Balanced ratio
D. Updated method
III. Counterargument: Human lives
A. Aborted babies
B. Crowded planet
C. Cautious advances
IV. Argument: Human lives
A. Current lives
B. Prenatal lives
C. Sufficient evidence
D. Personal choice
V. Counterargument: Bodily abnormalities
A. Religious beliefs
B. Abnormality criteria
C. Limited diversity
VI. Argument: Bodily abnormalities
A. Stop hereditary mutations
B. Improve current techniques
VII. Counterargument: Infertile parents
A. Naturalness
B. Safety
C. Religion
D. Abuse
VIII. Argument: Infertile parents
A. Reproductive choice
B. Infertility solutions
C. Miscarriage prevention
IX. Counterargument: Designer babies
A. Healthy humans
B. Parent freedom
C. Unpreventable future
X. Argument: Designer babies
A. Nonessential
B. Discrimination
C. Undeveloped
Dr. Watkins
College Composition and Research
April 13, 2017
Genetic Engineering: The Children of the Future
Thesis: Genetic engineering should be legal because it would allow gender selection, save human lives, prevent bodily abnormalities, assist infertile parents, and forbid designer babies
I. Counterargument: Gender selection
A. Sexist
B. Unnecessary
C. Unnatural
II. Argument: Gender selection
A. Human desire
B. Beneficial procedure
C. Balanced ratio
D. Updated method
III. Counterargument: Human lives
A. Aborted babies
B. Crowded planet
C. Cautious advances
IV. Argument: Human lives
A. Current lives
B. Prenatal lives
C. Sufficient evidence
D. Personal choice
V. Counterargument: Bodily abnormalities
A. Religious beliefs
B. Abnormality criteria
C. Limited diversity
VI. Argument: Bodily abnormalities
A. Stop hereditary mutations
B. Improve current techniques
VII. Counterargument: Infertile parents
A. Naturalness
B. Safety
C. Religion
D. Abuse
VIII. Argument: Infertile parents
A. Reproductive choice
B. Infertility solutions
C. Miscarriage prevention
IX. Counterargument: Designer babies
A. Healthy humans
B. Parent freedom
C. Unpreventable future
X. Argument: Designer babies
A. Nonessential
B. Discrimination
C. Undeveloped