UK to allow babies from three people

Re:UK to allow babies from three people by bayesianhorse on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @03:08AM (#8995806)

For most purposes I think two parents would be enough, even if the child was born using more than two parents. Generally the decision to have a child, and the decision to be a family is complicated enough with two people.

A third person to have "rights" over the child can only mess up stuff.

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Re:UK to allow babies from three people by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @05:29AM (#8996135)

In Australia children are assigned independent legal representation in the Family Law Courts. Australia has taken steps to shift away from parents having rights over children and moving toward children having rights (to be safe, cared for, to see their parents, etc).

I would hazard a guess there is a possibility, down the track, that a court will have to determine whether a child has a right to know from whom her DNA comes.

It will be interesting to see, from the comfort of my arm chair, how this all unfolds over time.

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Re:UK to allow babies from three people by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @03:20AM (#8995845)

> For most purposes

If only we as software developers could create software for most purposes :(

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