Three person babies approved in UK

[uppercutbus]

If I was a progressive I'd want a designer baby, the "obama's son" please.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38328097

A technique using a donor egg as well as the mother's egg and father's sperm has been developed.

The resulting child has a tiny amount of their DNA from the donor, but the procedure is legal, ethical and scientifically ready.

Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK's fertility regulator.

The UK will not be the first country in the world to have children born through the three-person technique.
A Jordanian couple and doctors in New York performed the procedure in Mexico and the resulting baby is understood to be healthy.

The decision is not universally welcome.

Dr David King, from the campaign group Human Genetics Alert, said: "This decision opens the door to the world of genetically-modified designer babies.

"Already, bioethicists have started to argue that allowing mitochondrial replacement means that there is no logical basis for resisting GM babies, which is exactly how slippery slopes work."

TLDR They say it's to cure diseases for couples who otherwise wouldn't be able to have children or something and the baby actually has DNA from its two mothers instead of just the surrogate mother. Slippery slope sometimes isn't a fallacy, "designer babies".

 

[WhitebeltXL]

Its nice that some people will get to have children they otherwise wouldn't have been able to have...

BUT the worlds population is spiralling out of control and this will only make it worse.

Thousands of children need adopting, and stuff like this will only block another avenue to them getting a loving home.

We're stumbling in to strange territory regarding designer babies and the like.

 

[King Joffery]

Isn't also possible for a baby to have DNA from 3 partners? I thought if the woman has sperm from 2 different men in her she can get some residue DNA material from the extra man's sperm.

 

[irish_thug]

We all know what comes next

Spoiler

 

[mjmj]

It’s not really that much of a stretch from what they’ve been doing for years and years.

Oh, and My Name is Earl is underrated. I miss that show.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

I like this idea.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

This is a good thing. Except the world is overpopulated. Idk how to feel about it.

 

[HomerThompson]

If I was a progressive I'd want a designer baby, the "obama's son" please.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38328097







TLDR They say it's to cure diseases for couples who otherwise wouldn't be able to have children or something and the baby actually has DNA from its two mothers instead of just the surrogate mother. Slippery slope sometimes isn't a fallacy, "designer babies".

As if there aren't enough overly feminine men already. SMDH.

 

[ripskater]

Instead of couples having 3 parent babies, how about they just adopt kids that need a home?

 

[HunterSdVa29]

as the one cat said, what's wrong w/ adopting?

kinda hard to tell girls 'don't worry, you can give the kid up for adoption so you don't have to abort it' when there's mad kids already waiting to be adopted in the first place

 

[freaky]

Soon they will have synthetic DNA injected into the eggs to create super babies.

You can finally fuck your brother or sister and not worry about a retarded baby.

 

[Pwent]

sounds like i can start having 2 wives

 

[m52nickerson]

Isn't also possible for a baby to have DNA from 3 partners? I thought if the woman has sperm from 2 different men in her she can get some residue DNA material from the extra man's sperm.

No, it really does not work like that.

 

[IppoMakanuchi]

Instead of couples having 3 parent babies, how about they just adopt kids that need a home?

Who the fuck wants a hand-me-down kid.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Isn't also possible for a baby to have DNA from 3 partners? I thought if the woman has sperm from 2 different men in her she can get some residue DNA material from the extra man's sperm.

I have always wondered about this. Like during a group orgy.

 

[AnytimeAnywhereAldo]

Funny liberals are starting to realize the benefits of eugenics.

 

[King Joffery]

No, it really does not work like that.

I'm sure I read a story where it did happen a couple of years back, one sperm donated most of the DNA but the other one donated a small bit of DNA.

 

[Pixelated Porn]

If I was a progressive I'd want a designer baby, the "obama's son" please.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38328097







TLDR They say it's to cure diseases for couples who otherwise wouldn't be able to have children or something and the baby actually has DNA from its two mothers instead of just the surrogate mother. Slippery slope sometimes isn't a fallacy, "designer babies".

Yes, this can be true now

 

[revoltub]

can't wait to watch Maury.

"you are the father"

*other guy starts dancing*

"you ALSO ARE THE FATHER"

"ah man'

 

[Rod1]

People tend to misunderstand me as a nazi sometimes or a SJW on the other

Im 100% in favor of eugenics, im just not in favor of coercive or racial based eugenics.

Let make smarter, faster, disease-free, noble humans.