It was reported last week that a baby with genetic material from three people was born several months ago thanks to the success of a controversial new procedure. Few Americans support the idea of so-called “three-parent” babies but are even more opposed to genetic engineering that allows parents to choose specific characteristics for their children before they are born.
1* Do you favor or oppose genetic engineering that allows for more than two people to be the biological parents of a child?
20% Favor
50% Oppose
30% Not sure
2* Do you favor or oppose genetic engineering that allows parents to pick a child’s eye color, hair color, height and other characteristics before it is born?
12% Favor
76% Oppose
13% Not sure
The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on September 28-29, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.