FDA plays Mom again.

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FDA Panel Considers Controversial Fertility Procedure.

CBS Evening News (2/25, story 7, 1:35, Pelley) reported in its broadcast that an FDA panel “began two days of meetings” on Tuesday and Wednesday “about a controversial medical procedure that critics believe could lead to designer babies.” CBS’ Dr. Jon Lapook said, “It’s controversial because in addition to the DNA of the mother and the father, material from a third person is used in the process.” Lapook noted that the concerns over the procedure range from technical issues such as how to make it “safe and effective” to ethical issues of creating “designer babies.”

This is not the business of the FDA! This is an individual decision.


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  • Posted by mminnick 10 years, 7 months ago
    jlc, don't you know the FDA, much like the EPA, has no limits on it's powers? Courts have ruled that agencies my twist and revise the laws they operate under if that allows them to more fully meet the intent of the law.
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