2 Biological Mothers and a Father: Scientifically Possible

  

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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Nunez, Vanessa Janine R.
Red, Ramces Brayalle T.
Ojos, Kevin H.

Alabin, Glassyl R.

Calip, Kaye Paula Ara M.
Moraleta, Raniella