Designing Your Own Baby Rhetorical Analysis

Genetically modifying a child is acceptable only if done for the right reasons, according to Makenna Bindel in Designing Your Own Baby, particularly when the genetic modification is done to benefit the health of the individual. Bindel uses a stream of rhetorical questions to generate a line of thinking among the reader, and appeal to a mother's instincts to make the audience feel as if they were a mother asking herself these questions, as well as exposing the fact that some people genetically modify their children for beautification purposes. Bindel also uses an extreme form elitism to appeal to the poverty-struck community with children that are suffering from possible medical issues that are not able to afford the ridiculous sum that it costs

Bindel says that designer babies¨ also promise no reproduction of a psychopathic child,¨ which has a dark tone to it because people are born with mental illness and usually can not help it. Also in the essay the author writes that ¨the thought of having a mentally ill child is already unsettling so why not take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity of creating the perfect genetically modified child,¨ which could be interpreted as sardonic because it refers to mentally ill children being a problem and an outcast from society rather than be accepted. Bindel uses extreme sardonicism when she states that ¨It makes perfect sense of wanting to abort a potentially crazy or ugly child from being brought into the world, it's already going to be set up for failure if it is ugly,” the ridiculous nature of this sentence sets the context of the solution to the proposal of designer babies. By using sardonic tone throughout the essay it allows for a more entertaining

Bindel states that ¨designing a baby is a costly process,¨ which means that only most of the upper class population can only afford to genetically modify their children. Bindel also says that ¨ who knows how much a poor or nice person could corrupt a perfect child?¨ In her essay she really means that children should be raised by nice and kind people who have ethical values instead of wealthy people who just want to design their own child for the benefit of looks rather than the health benefits that they were intended for. In Bindel´s essay she states that ¨ If designer babies are reasonably priced, then that could potentially give poor people the chance the afford them,¨ being sarcastic, she really means that designer babies are so overpriced that not even people who need them for ethical reasons are able to afford them. Bindel also quoted that ¨Even if someone is the most friendly and kind-hearted person ever, but they are poor they should still be denied a designer baby¨ by saying this Bindel really means that the determination of a designer baby should not be determined by wealth, but determined on the values and qualities a person holds. By stating this it helps Bindel appeal to the emotions of struggle that people with less income face. By creating a sense of trust and understanding for people with lower income it helps Bindel appeal to a larger portion of the