Should Genetically Engineered Babies Be Banned?

Should Genetically Engineered Babies Be Banned?

That was the proposition being debated Intelligence Squared (approximately 50 minutes). Sheldon Krimsky (Professor, Tufts University and Chair, Council for Responsible Genetics) and Lord Robert Winston (Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor, Fertility Studies, Imperial College) argue for prohibition, Dr. Nita Farahany (Professor of Law and Philosophy and Professor of Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University) and Lee Silver (Professor, Princeton University and Author) argue against it.