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The Problem Comes Down To ‘Playing God’: First Three-Parent Baby Born In UK Despite Ethical Concerns
PatriotandLiberty ^ | 5/13/23 | staff

Posted on 05/15/2023 1:43:03 AM PDT by spirited irish

Last week, the birth of the first three-parent baby in the UK was reported in the Guardian.

(Excerpt) Read more at patriotandliberty.com ...


TOPICS: Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: playinggod
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1 posted on 05/15/2023 1:43:03 AM PDT by spirited irish
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To: spirited irish

If it is a red head, it doesnt have a soul.


2 posted on 05/15/2023 1:52:17 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Let us celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the dance of five mayonaisses.)
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To: spirited irish

Last days ping.


3 posted on 05/15/2023 1:53:09 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Let us celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the dance of five mayonaisses.)
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To: spirited irish

It got really crowded in that egg.


4 posted on 05/15/2023 1:55:44 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: spirited irish

One of the reason God brought flood.


5 posted on 05/15/2023 2:05:49 AM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: spirited irish

So it is to counter the 25% risk of a baby being born with a fatal genetic illness living their life in pain and dying by the age of 3.

I don’t understand why it is a bad thing.


6 posted on 05/15/2023 2:16:31 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: spirited irish

Are there no laws in UK?


7 posted on 05/15/2023 2:18:38 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: spirited irish

Nature is innocent. It had nothing intentional to do with it.


8 posted on 05/15/2023 2:21:27 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: All; spirited irish

More like a “2.01 parent baby” and the .01 is Mitochondrial DNA that doesn’t contribute to a person’s traits:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/three-parent-babies-explained


9 posted on 05/15/2023 2:24:05 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Krosan

I don’t get it either. If we were talking about substituting DNA from another species....if we were talking about people undertaking this frivolously....fine. I would understand the opposition. But, if doctors can intervene to prevent horrible birth defects and to prevent genetic diseases by repairing errors in a person’s DNA then I fully support that. Obviously, we need to proceed carefully. Obviously we need to study this closely and see that it does not lead to other long term problems, etc. But I have no problem with medical interventions to save lives.


10 posted on 05/15/2023 3:08:24 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: spirited irish

No boundaries. There is always a good excuse for whatever they do in laboratories. The usual one reported to us in the news is that it will cure Alzheimer or cancer. Who can be opposed to that? and they know it. You know that is a cover for unlimited practices.

After what we’ve witnessed with gain of function research on viruses in the Wuhan Lab, we don’t see the dangers with unrestricted experimentation? How do we know the ultimate goals of the people involved? Where does this stop? What will these experiments pass on to second and third generations? That can’t be tested.

One line in the article caught my attention. “The question then arises in the laboratory as to what to do with female embryos, whether they are more likely to be discarded.”
What about the lives of those embryos? They don’t matter? It is ok to take the life of one in order to improve the life of another?

Perhaps if you had abnormalities that could be passed on like this, the best route is adoption. There are plenty of children that need a family.
Who sets the boundaries?


11 posted on 05/15/2023 4:22:31 AM PDT by xenia ( “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it” George Orwell)
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To: Krosan

Did you even read the article? It discusses the cons against it.


12 posted on 05/15/2023 4:27:54 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Jonty30

Hey! I resemble that remark!


13 posted on 05/15/2023 4:31:05 AM PDT by mumblypeg ("Give me Stalin or St. Paul. I've seen the Future, brother; it is murder."--Leonard Cohen)
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To: FLT-bird

” If we were talking about substituting DNA from another species....”

That’s next, and anyone who thinks it’s not is naive.


14 posted on 05/15/2023 4:34:28 AM PDT by mumblypeg ("Give me Stalin or St. Paul. I've seen the Future, brother; it is murder."--Leonard Cohen)
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To: mumblypeg
"If we were talking about substituting DNA from another species...."
That’s next, and anyone who thinks it’s not is naive.

Not next! it's already being done as described in the 2017 article, "Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts," and in this 2019 article, "Scientists are making human-monkey hybrids in China." And there's no doubt, it's being done in other labs.

And then there are creatures containing a combination of DNA from humans and slime mold. They make up the ChiComjoe kakistocracy.

15 posted on 05/15/2023 4:57:58 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: FLT-bird

“ But I have no problem with medical interventions to save lives.”

- Strictly enforced diet
- Mandatory exercise
- Zero alcohol
- No autos

All potential medical interventions that would save innumerable lives.


16 posted on 05/15/2023 5:17:49 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: Jonty30

Absolutely incorrect.


17 posted on 05/15/2023 5:47:30 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova

I know, I just think it’s funny.
We are all made the same.


18 posted on 05/15/2023 6:17:40 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Let us celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the dance of five mayonaisses.)
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To: Jonty30

I thought it was a big-legged woman ain’t got no soul?


19 posted on 05/15/2023 6:20:50 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

They are MANipulating nature.


20 posted on 05/15/2023 6:22:20 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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