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Lord Lucan
Lord Lucan
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Re: Ethical Minefield
Dec 12, 2002, 11:44
Well, the article says that the eggs were donated by another woman. So neither eggs nor (obviously) sperm contain her own genetic material. As you say, it seems this woman was quite prepared to use the embryos without the former husband's knowledge. The children would have been 50% genetically his. What about HIS right to NOT be a father to his former wife's children?

The only way to avoid this kind of thing is to keep the eggs and sperm frozen seperately. Freezing an embryo will inevitably cause problems, as two people's DNA are already inextricably linked.

Although I sympathise with this woman's desire to have children, I really think she's wrong to be so indignant about her ex-husband requesting the destruction of his own genetic material.

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