3. Are there ethical issues?
When it comes to these fertility treatment options—aside from safety since it’s a new procedure—3-person IVF raises a host of ethical issues. Two of the potential major debates are parental rights and the role science plays in altering human DNA. The ethical issues are so prevalent that The Center for Genetics and Society wrote a letter to the FDA expressing their profound concerns about the safety and ethics of 3-person IVF.
