Three-parent embryos

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UK birth of ‘three-parent baby’ came at a high moral cost, Catholic bioethicists warn

May 11, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

“This is the destruction of two embryonic human individuals to create a third individual,” the Anscombe Bioethics Centre said. Read more

Critics find dodgy ethics in 'three-parent baby' conception

Sep 29, 2016

The use of a technique to conceive a “three-parent baby” dodged U.S. law and, critics say, may further alter the... Read more

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Embryos with three parents? The risks are yet to come, critics warn

Feb 4, 2015

Despite warnings from religious leaders and scientists, British lawmakers have voted to allow a version of in-vitro fertilization that uses... Read more