Yikes. This smacks really hard of modernists doing something because "they can". In fact this is a problem with modernism in general. The lack of moral consideration. We are not equipped by God or nature to make such decisions. This is the kind of technological thought that leads or works with things like China's birth policies, inspired IVF (which usually kills some babies), etc. It is an anti-life, and anti-God act, even if those involved in it don't understand it. We need to back off of this sort of nonsense. Science should be put to work on cancer, hearing, blindness, etc. Instead we went gonzo with micro electronics and made amazing computers that we carry in our pockets and double as phones, but have destroyed interpersonal communication, manners, privacy decency and serenity, but also puts pretty much all of mans knowledge at our fingertips, so that we no longer use our brains to think. We can read all the great philosophers, (but we still don't ;-)), yet we're hard pressed to know how to carry through on a philosophical thought as intellectual exercise or to understand and form world views. Look....I mean, I'm NOT anti-tech, as this may come off. This post itself is high tech, being done on a computer, and avoiding facial expression, tone, etc. which all normally help us in conveying intent and emotion in communication. It's just that we've reached a point where we CAN do most everything. We now need to spend a LOT more time deciding whether or not we SHOULD do each new thing that we come up with. Look at impacts on all aspects of human community, with some important exceptions for life saving and certain treatments for diseases and immunology, I am generally against elective medicine and genetic sciences. We're starting to take steps into areas of science not really intended for man. We've outstripped our universal roles. I shouldn't and don't worry about it too much, because the Lord and nature will eventually correct whatever is wrong, I just don't relish the correction that will be doled out. At least I'm in my sixties, but I do have grandchildren etc.. In some ways we're leaving a good place for them, but I think we may have messed up more that we have solved in many areas. I'm happy to hear that those in school are a least discussing these things.
