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A man's ability to sire is more valued than a woman's dignity, even fetal health
May 6, 2022 -- A fertility procedure that mixes genetic material from three people to prevent couples from having children with certain debilitating and potentially fatal inherited disorders is now legal in two countries: the U.K. and Australia. (Not the US)
Australia’s senate passed a bill on March 30 amending pre-existing laws to allow the procedure in certain circumstances.
The goal of this procedure is to prevent genetic disorders caused by defective mitochondria, the power plants inside our cells that provide energy for normal growth and development. When mitochondria don't produce any energy at all, the resulting genetic disorders are quickly fatal. When mitochondria make only a little energy, children can have severe illnesses and disabilities.
"The outcomes from this problem are really severe, and it's highly likely that the baby will be very sick or die," says Arthur Caplan, PhD, head of the division of medical ethics at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York City.
https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20220506/three-parent-ivf-now-legal-in-two-countries
Australia’s senate passed a bill on March 30 amending pre-existing laws to allow the procedure in certain circumstances.
The goal of this procedure is to prevent genetic disorders caused by defective mitochondria, the power plants inside our cells that provide energy for normal growth and development. When mitochondria don't produce any energy at all, the resulting genetic disorders are quickly fatal. When mitochondria make only a little energy, children can have severe illnesses and disabilities.
"The outcomes from this problem are really severe, and it's highly likely that the baby will be very sick or die," says Arthur Caplan, PhD, head of the division of medical ethics at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York City.
https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20220506/three-parent-ivf-now-legal-in-two-countries
I bet not a lot of people have even heard about this medical technology. It's amazing.
But I wonder why? I wonder why we aren't researching this, I mean if we're going to get rid of Roe v Wade, wouldn't it be nice to have something like this? Since the SCOTUS is so concerned about the "domestic supply of infants" and all.
And let's expand upon it, if you're on the 'nature' side of the nature vs nurture debate and you're also "pro-life" or "anti-choice", and you're besieged by arguments involving rape, wouldn't you want to say "We can take the rapist's genes out of the gene pool and replace them with other ones"?
It's almost like a man getting to spread his seed is more valued than where (who) he plants it into so to speak.
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