Because of many advances and changes in our society,
modification of the principle behind ‘family’ has to adapt also in order to
maintain “civilized” and “ethical”. However, due to the recent progress in the
field of science and medicine, some norms may be broken.
According to the study done by several scientists, the
possibility of having two biological mothers is very high. No. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO HAVE TWO
BIOLOGICAL MOTHERS, ACTUALLY.
Some of us have disabilities that can be inherited by
our children, and some of these disabilities may also forbid us into having
one. One of these cases is the failure of the mitochondria of the egg cell to
function well. If the fertilized egg of the mother has malfunctioning
mitochondria, the possibility of life is very low. But because of the idea of
transplantation, other healthy mitochondria from the egg cell of another woman
can be transplanted to the fertilized egg of the mother. The donor of the
healthy mitochondria can also be considered as another biological mother beside
to that of original one because they almost equally contribute to the survival
of the baby. However, this practice may not be considered as genetic
engineering and can be used to design babies because the genetic materials are
not affected. Weird? Yes. Awesome? Incredible? Yes.
It is certain
that other people will see this as unlawful, immoral, unethical. It is
ridiculous indeed to have three parents, biologically speaking, but it is more
ridiculous to let a child die because he/she cannot have that mitochondrail
transfer for the reason that other people won’t open their minds to this very
possibility.
So we
proved now that it is possible, the next issue will be the ownership of the
baby. What if the donor mother insisted into being mother 2 or mother B? or
even to be the mother A? The original parents will definitely disagree. The
whole society will also disagree because it is ruining the norms of the family!
Legally, she can’t have the baby. The original parents will have the full
custody of the child. But is it painful to not have the right to your flesh and
blood (and mitochondria)? Yes. Definitely.
Group 3
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