RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 ‘Yes’ to mitochondrial replacement techniques and lesbian motherhood: a reply to Françoise Baylis
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 280
OP 281
DO 10.1136/medethics-2018-105060
VO 45
IS 4
A1 César Palacios-González
A1 Giulia Cavaliere
YR 2019
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/45/4/280.abstract
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.