Eugenics, defined as “the practice or advocacy of improving the human species,” has been a topic of discussion for many years (History.com). The ability to edit and modify genomes has become more accessible with technologies such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). CRISPR allows for gene editing, while PGD is a method of selecting specific genes over others (MedlinePlus). Ethically, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding these subjects, specifically when evaluated through a utilitarian lens. Disregarding…