A technique which would create three-parent babies was criticised as a eugenic practice and ‘incompatible with human dignity’ by members of the Council of Europe in mid-October.
A group of eight British MPs and peers, along with 26 other European politicians, signed a declaration saying that the technique is against international law. In the UK, the government has backed moves to allow scientists to take genetic material from three or four adults to create a child. Politicians have to vote on the technique before it can become law in the UK, with supporters saying the technique would help avoid mitochondrial disease passed on from mother to child.
