A “queering the genome” article advocates gene editing but lesbian women can have children together.
According to a bioethicist, scientists should think about using gene-editing eggs to imitate eggs so lesbians you have children with one another.
However, a bioethics analyst has criticised the plan.
In the Journal of Medical Ethics, Professor Adrian Villalba published an educational article titled” Queering the genome: social issues of epigenetics enhancing in same-sex duplication.”
Villalba remarked:
Because it avoids genetic modifications and probable long-term genetic consequences, epigenome editing provides a compelling solution to the complex ethical issues that traditional gene editing poses. The purpose of this article is to carefully examine the moral concerns raised by the use of epigenome enhancing for same-sex reproduction…
Related experimentation [ …] challenges accepted notions of biological reproduction and prompts a reevaluation of how we define the human embryo, [which ] raises some issues in the context of gender self-identification and family structures. This article aims to provide a liberal path for reproductive treatments and bioethics in a world that is increasingly valued diversity and diversity, as well as emphasize the need for further theoretical research in this developing and lucrative field.
Wesley Smith, a bioethicist, criticized the idea in a National Review post.
Although the study apparently worked in animals,” that would not think it could be done in people without having negative effects on our health.”
In fact, to be certain that it was” safe,” it seems to me that there would have to be numerous experiments creating such modified human embryos and testing their development into the fetal stage, he wrote. That would have significant negative spiritual effects (emphasis in the initial ).
Smith noted that he previously warned about puberty blockers 15 years ago, and that these scientific documents should be read carefully.
Although some might assume this to be academic nonsense, he wrote,” I want to emphasize that these journal articles matter” (original emphasis ). They are the methods by which theoretical discussion can be forged for a long time to be put into practice.
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