It is good when science advances and cures illness and disease, but this "Frankenstein" science is just people trying to play God. It is also unfair to these babies, some of whom are killed, and some of whom will likely grow up without knowing one or more of their biological parents.
Newcastle University experiments that create human embryos from three genetic parents kill and abuse human beings, a British pro-life group has said, reminding researchers that each embryo is “a member of the human family.”
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) responded to scientists at Newcastle University in England who said they created embryos using genetic material from two women and one man to address mitochondrial diseases.
Damaged mitochondria, the “batteries” of the cell, are passed on by the mother. About one in 200 children is born each year with mutations in his or her mitochondrial DNA.
In most cases, this causes only mild disease if any symptoms appear.
Around one in 6,500 children is born with mitochondrial disease, which can cause serious and often fatal conditions such as muscular weakness, blindness and heart failure.
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