An ethics council in the United Kingdom has concluded that changing the DNA of a human embryo could be “morally permissible” if such changes are in the child’s best interests and do not create further inequalities in society.
When Mark Zuckerberg was grilled in Congress on Facebook’s data privacy scandal, few news outlets picked up on his reference to an internal ethics team at the company.
A judge’s decision in a case about investigative videos by the pro-life Center for Medical Progress has raised questions of ethics because of his political background and family connections.
Lawmakers are calling for investigations into a health care provider that has come under fire by anti-abortion activists for allegedly selling fetal organs for profit.
Since infertility affects 7.3 million people in the U.S., or one in eight couples, assisted reproductive technology is a tremendous medical advance. It raises enormous ethical questions, however.