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While gene editing research has proceeded throughout the 2010s, it has done alongside both ethical and policy related restrictions on human germline editing. In 2018, a Chinese scientist announced he had genetically edited two human embryos to worldwide condemnation. In 2019, a Russian scientist announced his intention to do something similar (Gumer 19). The effectiveness and breadth of gene editing technology will only increase in the coming decades, raising questions of what the U.S ought to do in response, given the variety of legal obstacles it has to scaling up genome editing research and testing.\nThe ramifications of genome editing are unmistakably vast, which make them well suited as areas to debate. Chief among these areas is the potential for gene editing to affect diseases. Powerful gene editors could theoretically snip out the vast majority of significant disease mutations (Vavitsas 19). At the same time, however, the scaling up of such technology could allow malicious actors or unforeseen accidents to spread deadlier diseases further (Miller 16). The topic would feature robust debates about whether different levels of regulation on human germline editing are more likely to result in technological advancements that can quickly detect and respond to diseases, or as to whether technology will more likely be mishandled and result in diseases that may be beyond the scope of treatment.\nThe impact that human genome editing may have on the economy is another significant area of debate. Advances in CRISPR gene editing may implicate core sectors of the U.S and global economy, such as agriculture and trade, and may even see smaller industries rapidly scale up in development (Mitchell et al 17). Germline editing could also have a significant impact on economic inequality, whether for good or ill (Masci 16). This once again creates a controversy area in which both teams would be able to argue about whether more human germline editing would have a positive or negative impact on the economy.\nBeyond debates about the implications of scaled up genetic editing, the effect of the United States changing its regulations alone would have a significant impact on international politics, and could radically shift foreign policy (Choulika 18). A germline editing topic would include debates about U.S-China competition relative to advancements in human germline editing or fractured alliances between the U.S and Europe, both of which encompass a variety of other issues related to military and diplomatic strategy, broader alliances, and scientific cooperation.\nOther potential issues on a human germline editing topic could include social issues (economic and social inequality, human and animal suffering, eugenics, etc), and concerns like xenotransplantation, which describes the process of transplanting organs or tissue betwe","cbCaibtx1l82RfEr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibtx1l82RfEr","docx",102018,52,"English","# Introduction\n## Why genetic engineering is a relevant debate topic\n## Impacts on disease and regulation\n## Economic impacts and inequality\n## International politics and alliances\n## Additional social and scientific issues\n## Affirmative vs. negative argument approaches\n## COVID-19’s effect on debate framing","[{\"question\":\"What makes human genome editing a compelling debate topic for 2020–2021?\",\"answer\":\"The pitch emphasizes CRISPR’s precision and the resulting ethical, regulatory, and policy stakes whose effects will ripple through politics and society in coming decades.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main arguments connected to disease impacts?\",\"answer\":\"The proposal highlights potential to remove disease-causing mutations, while also warning that scaling could enable malicious misuse or accidents that spread more deadly diseases.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document suggest the negative team could respond to the affirmative?\",\"answer\":\"It outlines ethics-based Kritik or disadvantage options, concerns about disruptions to international institutions, feasibility or timeliness challenges, and solvency-based arguments grounded in case.\"}]","Genetic Modification - Initial Pitch | DOCX",1788317533]