A designer baby is a baby whose genetic makeup has been selected in order to eliminate a particular defect, or to ensure that a particular gene, or genes, is present. This definition makes the term designer baby is a good thing, but designer babies have been brought up in the media, negatively and positively, a lot lately. Some may argue that the idea of designing our offspring to be whom we want them to be is beneficial, but there are more disadvantages to designer babies than good, such as it is unethical, unnatural, and not good for society. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine guidelines suggest that under normal circumstances, no more than two embryos be transferred to a woman younger than 35 due to risk of complications (Editors of Scientific American 704). But in the case of Nadya Suleman, the ASRM guidelines were not followed. She was implanted with six embryos, two of which split into twins creating eight babies. She had already had six other kids before she was implanted with the embryos and was unemployed and living on food stamps (Editors of Scientific America 704). Both her doctor and herself behaved unethically in this case. Her doctor was later expelled from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine because of his actions on implanting Suleman with six embryos instead of two, which they deemed unethical. Suleman behaved unethically because she already had six children prior, she was unmarried, unemployed, and need the government to help support her family via food stamps. She should have never been implanted with any more children after the six she already had, let alone six embryos that turned into eight children. With the help of the idea of designer babies, people are beginning to view procreation as a way to manufacture the "perfect baby." A recent survey found that ten percent of a group of people who went for genetic counseling in New York City wanted to screen for tall stature and that thirteen pe