This is the first I’m hearing about three-parent IVF and it’s fascinating! I brushed this off at first because of course IVF involves three people, but this is a new technique that actually combines genetic material from all three instead of the typical donor model.
Am I oversimplifying or is the only thing that matters in this ethical debate that all three parents and the doctors involved are all informed, consenting adults? At the very end the author eludes to an increased risk to the unborn child, but what exactly is the risk and how much greater is it when using this new technique vs traditional IVF?
This is the first I’m hearing about three-parent IVF and it’s fascinating! I brushed this off at first because of course IVF involves three people, but this is a new technique that actually combines genetic material from all three instead of the typical donor model.
Am I oversimplifying or is the only thing that matters in this ethical debate that all three parents and the doctors involved are all informed, consenting adults? At the very end the author eludes to an increased risk to the unborn child, but what exactly is the risk and how much greater is it when using this new technique vs traditional IVF?