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Feb 5, 2015 46 min

Talkback Thursday: Designer Babies?

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Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a "three-parent" IVF technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics see as a step towards creating designer babies. The designer-babies debate has been an intense one, with many opposed to the idea, saying it is akin to playing God and purely unethical. But if it can help eradicate diseases in our babies that's plaguing our generation now, would we think twice? Are you for or against the idea of designer babies? Our lines were open.

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