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Eugenics fear over gene modification - Magda Hassan - 16-03-2013 Eugenics fear over gene modification
Such a slide has already been seen with drugs and surgery. The ugly beginnings of a eugenic market are already visible in the US, where Ivy League student donor eggs are priced 10 times higher than those of working-class women. Genetic enhancement also risks dehumanising and commodifying relationships between children and their parents. These downstream consequences cannot be ignored in making the present decision. Mitochondrial replacement techniques also create significant epigenetic risks to the prospective child. Prevention of mitochondrial disease can be more safely and reliably accomplished through egg donation. The benefit of mitochondrial replacement is that it fulfils the mother's desire to be genetically related to her child. Such desires are understandable, but this is not a medical benefit. In our view, the benefit for a relatively small number of women of being genetically related to their child does not nearly justify the potential health risks to the child and the deleterious consequences of inheritable human genetic engineering. Dr David King Human Genetics Alert, UK Dr Marcy Darnovsky Center for Genetics and Society, USA Professor Stuart Newman New York Medical College, USA Dr Murdo Macdonald Science, Religion and Technology Project, Church of Scotland, UK Dr Abby Lippman Professor Emerita McGill University, Canada Professor Shree Mulay Memorial University, Canada Dr Gina Maranto University of Miami, USA Jaydee Hanson International Center for Technology Assessment, USA Dr Tina Stevens Alliance for Humane Biotechnology, USA Diane Beeson Professor Emerita California State University, USA Dr Carmel Shalev Haifa University, Israel Professor Charis Thompson University of California Berkeley, USA Uta Wagenmann Gen-ethisches Netzwerk, Germany Judy Norsigian Our Bodies Ourselves, USA Hedva Eyal Isha L'isha, Israel |