America: Genetic Modification
By March of Dimes/Harris Research,
March of Dimes/Harris Research
| 01. 01. 1992
| How do you feel about scientists changing the makeup of human cells to... |
Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Don't Know
|
| cure a usually fatal disease |
87
|
12
|
1
|
| reduce the risk of a usually fatal disease |
78
|
19
|
3
|
| prevent/stop children from inheriting a usually fatal disease |
84
|
13
|
3
|
|
prevent/stop children from inheriting a usually nonfatal disease
|
66
|
32
|
3
|
| improve the physical characteristics children would inherit |
43
|
54
|
3
|
| improve the intelligence level children would inherit |
42
|
55
|
3
|
- Survey population: ~1000 Americans
- Conducted by: Harris Research
- Source: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Genetic Testing and Gene Therapy: National Survey Findings (White Plains, NY: March of Dimes, September 1992)
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