Saviour Siblings Essay

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Discursive Essay This essay is going to discuss the subject of saviour siblings. A saviour sibling is a geneticly enhanced child who is born to save their brother or sister usually because they have a fatal illness, like leukeamia. Many people have different views about this subject. Some people think having a saviour sibling is a good idea and some people dont agree with it. This difference of opinion is what I am going to discuss in this essay. A positive point about saviour siblings is that the new child will be created to try to save their brother/sister - sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt. This also means they were born for a very important reason. They were planned and really needed. Their birth could save a life. A point against saviour siblings is the child doesnt get a choice. They are born and just have to do it they dont get a say because they were born to help save their sibling. They might spend months and months in and out of a hospital having tests and procedures. They have to go through all that pain and, in the end, their sibling still might die. I dont agree with saviour siblings because I dont think it is fair on the child being born and not being able to to do stuff that everyone else their age could do. They will always have to be close by in case they are needed urgantly. They might have had to give a kidney to their sibling and then would have to be careful of what they do, eat, drink etc. If that was me I would be angry, but you dont know what you would do until you are in that situation. In conclusion saviour siblings can be good because they could save a life and bad because the child born as the saviour doesnt get a life it deserves or
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