title: The ethics of creating children with three genetic parents.
abstract: This article on mitochondrial replacement technology briefly explains and defends the legitimacy of such terms as 'three-parent embryos', 'three-parent babies' and 'three-person IVF'. Next, it reviews select ethical objections to mitochondrial replacement technology that fall into four, sometimes overlapping, categories: (i) harms to egg providers; (ii) harms to potential offspring and future generations; (iii) harms to specific interest groups; and (iv) harms to society. Taken together, these ethical objections are cause for serious concern and yet the development and future use of mitochondrial replacement technology is likely inevitable.
authors.affiliation: Novel Tech Ethics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. francoise.baylis@dal.ca
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baylis
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004989:Ethics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria; D010290:Parents; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted