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Are babies by design in our future?

Advances in genomic science and reproductive medicine are hastening the day when parents will be able to select or design desired traits for their children. This possibility raises a series of challenging questions: will our ability to choose our children's biological inheritance deform parenting? Will it diminish children's freedom by making them creatures of their parents' whims? Will it widen social divisions, creating a 'genobility'? Will it recreate the horrors of early twentieth century eugenics? In this perspective article I reply that while these are all important questions, the answers do not necessarily rule out the judicious use of human genetic engineering.