From Les Hearn
It is disappointing to see opposition to mitochondrial transfer based on such flimsy grounds. The safety concerns raised are dwarfed by those faced by parents who go ahead and have a baby carrying faulty mitochondria.
As far as the safety risks of pregnancy in affected women are concerned, they will also face these if they have a baby by the normal method, with the difference that the baby will certainly suffer from whichever condition mitochondrial transfer would have prevented.
Is the UK government really rushing the legislation? There has already been an extensive period of consultation by the HFEA in 2012, and by the UK government when the draft regulations were published in February this year.
London, UK
