Seeking to cure prospective babies of terrible diseases is clearly ethical, right? Sadly, not everyone seems to agree. Old-fashioned doctor-knows-best paternalism has all too often been replaced by bioethicist-knows-best paternalism—or worse yet, by panel-of-bioethicists-knows-best paternalism. Or at least that’s the case with setting some restrictions a promising new set of treatments called mitochondria replacement therapy (MRT). In addition, the folks on Capitol Hill have also forbidden the FDA to spend any funds on evaluating these new treatments. Banning treatments that would give parents the chance to have healthy children is highly somehow considered ethical.
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