There's gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like it was so it was all wrapped up

but it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it

and I was so guest. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now

so for that one change me a little.

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Picture this a genetic disease runs in your family. Your doctor warns you that if you try to have a child

that child is likely to inherit the disease but new gene editing technology could change your child's fate.

Critics say this technology will exacerbate inequality, pressure everyone into editing their children to stay competitive

and will metal with the most basic aspect of our humanity, our DNA.

Others say with safeguards against abuse this technology could benefit us in a host of ways.

In that context we debate this question should we use gene editing to make better babies.

Thanks everybody for joining us and today we are examining the science and the ethics of a new reality.

The fact that we humans now have the capability and perhaps we should call it the power to change our DNA

all because of stunningly fast developments in the field of gene editing.

Yes there are rules and regulations being written about this all of the time to try to catch up to where the science keeps going

and different countries are doing that in different ways but the core issue surrounding the possibilities presented by gene editing

comes down to this just because we can does that mean we should. That is the debate we are launching right now.

I'm John Don Van and this is Intelligent Squared.

Okay everybody you have a duty to perform here now and that is to judge this debate to tell us which side you feel argued most persuasively.

We are going to ask you to cast a vote on our motion use gene editing to make better babies before you have even heard any of the arguments

and then we are going to ask you to vote a second time after you have heard when everyone has to say.

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