‘Yes’ to mitochondrial replacement techniques and lesbian motherhood: a reply to Françoise Baylis

In a recent paper – Lesbian motherhood and mitochondrial replacement techniques: reproductive freedom and genetic kinship – we argued that lesbian couples who wish to have children who are genetically related to both of them should be allowed access to mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs). Fr...

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Main Authors: Palacios-González, C, Cavaliere, G
Format: Journal article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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description In a recent paper – Lesbian motherhood and mitochondrial replacement techniques: reproductive freedom and genetic kinship – we argued that lesbian couples who wish to have children who are genetically related to both of them should be allowed access to mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs). Françoise Baylis wrote a reply to our paper –‘No’ to lesbian motherhood using human nuclear genome transfer– where she challenges our arguments on the use of MRTs by lesbian couples, and on MRTs more generally. In this reply we respond to her claims and further clarify our position.
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spelling oxford-uuid:dbc778d3-95d2-4d0a-8eac-005126f383f82022-03-27T09:13:03Z‘Yes’ to mitochondrial replacement techniques and lesbian motherhood: a reply to Françoise BaylisJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:dbc778d3-95d2-4d0a-8eac-005126f383f8Symplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group2018Palacios-González, CCavaliere, GIn a recent paper – Lesbian motherhood and mitochondrial replacement techniques: reproductive freedom and genetic kinship – we argued that lesbian couples who wish to have children who are genetically related to both of them should be allowed access to mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs). Françoise Baylis wrote a reply to our paper –‘No’ to lesbian motherhood using human nuclear genome transfer– where she challenges our arguments on the use of MRTs by lesbian couples, and on MRTs more generally. In this reply we respond to her claims and further clarify our position.
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