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ck4829

(35,077 posts) Fri May 10, 2019, 06:12 PM May 2019

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Babies conceived through rape vs 3 parent babies - One of these is not possible in Trump's America

Hint: It's also the one that right wing evangelicals actually consider an abomination.

This is a feature, not a bug.

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Babies conceived through rape vs 3 parent babies - One of these is not possible in Trump's America (Original Post) ck4829 May 2019 OP

This is a puzzle; can you clarify? CaliforniaPeggy May 2019 #1

Three parent babies ck4829 May 2019 #2

Thanks! That's very interesting! CaliforniaPeggy May 2019 #3

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)

1. This is a puzzle; can you clarify?

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2019, 06:26 PM

May 2019

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

2. Three parent babies

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Fri May 10, 2019, 06:30 PM

May 2019

Getting genetic material from a third parent, it can eliminate debilitating to horrific mitochondrial diseases... it's also not allowed here in the US.

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/mitochondrial-transfer-making-three-parent-babies/
https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/16/mitochondrial-replacement-three-parent-ivf-ban/

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)

3. Thanks! That's very interesting!

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #2)

Fri May 10, 2019, 06:33 PM

May 2019

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