Most countries have laws aimed at protecting children from abuse and neglect. But legislation to safeguard children’s welfare does not adequately address harms produced or set in motion before birth, or establish which types of evolutionary engineering are acceptable.
决定何时允许干涉父母选择是一个具有挑战性的问题，因为父母意见往往会得到尊重。大部分国家已有旨在保护儿童不受虐待和忽视的法律。但立法保护儿童福利并不能充分解决出生前行为所产生的伤害，也不能决定哪些类型的基因工程是可以接受的。