A Simulation of the Legalization of Pre-Natal Genetic Engineering

Abstract

Through this paper, we examine the likely outcomes that would occur given the development, legalisation, and implementation of pre-natal gene editing. Pre-natal gene editing is an operation wherein doctors edit the deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) sequences of an embryo. With the advent of gene editing, a serious possibility which must be explored is the incentives it creates and how do those incentives affect players. We arrive at the conclusion of a mixed-strategy Nash Equilibrium. Society, as a whole, will experience positive utility in the legalization and implementation of pre-natal gene editing for the treatment of genetic diseases.