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

TY - JOUR

T1 - ‘Yes’ to mitochondrial replacement techniques and lesbian motherhood

T2 - a reply to Françoise Baylis

AU - Cavaliere, Giulia

AU - Palacios Gonzalez, Cesar

PY - 2018/11/21

Y1 - 2018/11/21

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2018-105060

DO - 10.1136/medethics-2018-105060

M3 - Article

SN - 0306-6800

JO - Journal of Medical Ethics

JF - Journal of Medical Ethics

ER -