ArticleJournal of medical ethics2018
Lesbian motherhood and mitochondrial replacement techniques: reproductive freedom and genetic kinship.
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- Biological Parenthood in Relation to Future Artificial Reproductive Technologies : A Scoping Review of Definitions.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026Article
- Patient care practices for LGBTQ+ individuals in clinical genetics: A scoping review.Journal of genetic counseling · 2025Article
- 'Recombining' biological motherhoods. Towards two 'complete' biological mothers.Journal of medical ethics · 2025Article
- The Parliamentary Inquiry into Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2024Article
- An Ethics-Informed, Comparative Analysis of Uterus Transplantation and Gestational Surrogacy for Uterine Factor Infertility in High-Income Countries.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2021Article
- Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques, the Non-Identity Problem, and Genetic Parenthood.Asian bioethics review · 2021Article
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- Drawing the line on in vitro gametogenesis.Bioethics · 2020Article
- Public attitudes towards novel reproductive technologies: a citizens' jury on mitochondrial donation.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- Rearranging Deck Chairs on a Sinking Ship? : Some Reflections on Ethics and Reproduction Looking Back at 2017 and Ahead at 2018.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2018Article
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Abstract
In this paper, we argue 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). First, we provide a brief explanation of mitochondrial diseases and MRTs. We then present the reasons why MRTs are not, by nature, therapeutic. The upshot of the view that MRTs are non-therapeutic techniques is that their therapeutic potential cannot be invoked for restricting their use only to those cases where a mitochondrial DNA disease could be 'cured'. We then argue that a positive case for MRTs is justified by an appeal to reproductive freedom, and that the criteria to access these techniques should hence be extended to include lesbian couples who wish to share genetic parenthood. Finally, we consider a potential objection to our argument: that the desire to have genetically related kin is not a morally sufficient reason to allow lesbian couples to access MRTs.
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