Genome editing and the right to equality: Charting the Ethical Horizon

The CRISPR or the genomic revolution has become a breakthrough technology with immense possibilities in the fields of genetics. CRISPR is also called as the genetic scissors by the use of which DNA fragments which carry hereditary diseases or any disabilities can be removed from genome that is why it is called as genome editing. This editing can prove to be transformative for the medicine and treatment of humans but because of its apprehensive consequences it is also viewed by ethicists as casting a long shadow upon human rights in present and future. Experts also speculate that permitting of genome editing would broaden social and economic inequalities. The present article shall examine the inter play between genome editing in humans and right to equality and the challenges of ethics and law in relation to it.