The possibilities of gene therapy are enormous. What we can accomplish using gene therapy can be life saving and life creating. Gene therapy, as stated before, can treat diseases, and correct genetic mistakes in the individual and in future generations. These advances bring up many ethical issues for both researchers and the greater public. The views are diverse according to what type of gene therapy is used and what the therapy is treating.
Some people are for the use of gene therapy to treat genetic diseases and mutations.
The disagreements seem to be more between the type of gene therapy used. The use of somatic gene therapy is more widely accepted than germline therapy. Most people feel that a person has the right to change their own genetic makeup, but have uncertain or undecided views on whether or not they should be able to change the future of their offspring's genetic makeup and therefore change future generations. God gave us the wisdom and the knowledge we need to improve and advance ourselves. The line drawn to whether or not to use this wisdom is unclear.