Creating babies to cure sick siblings OK: British court

Story dated 29 April 2005

"Using in vitro fertilization to create a baby that might cure sick siblings was ruled legally acceptable by Britain's highest appeal court on Thursday. The Law Lords upheld a Court of Appeal ruling in 2003 that said some couples using fertility treatment could get their embryos screened for tissue matches for gravely ill children."

This makes me uncomfortable. Unfortunately, this story is not detailed enough for me to form an opinion on the matter. I think it is wrong to deliberately create human life and then destroy it, but I'm not sure that is what is going on in this ruling. I wanted you to be aware of this, though.

posted by The Sovereign Editor | 5:11 PM

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