British Reprotech Politics Heats Up

Reprotech politics in Britain gets interesting. The House of Lords will be deciding whether parents can use reprotech to have a child with a tissue type needed by an older sibling, so that the older child can get a blood or bone marrow transfusion. Philosopher John Harris stick his neck out for personhood theory:

John Harris, a member of the Human Genetics Commission, told a parliamentary meeting last week that he did not see any moral difference in aborting a fully grown unborn baby at 40 weeks and committing infanticide.

In the past Harris has spoken of the need to allow people to buy and sell human organs as a means of increasing the supply for transplant operations. He also recently expressed support for sex selection for social reasons among babies. “If it isn’t wrong to wish for a bonny, bouncing baby girl, why would it be wrong to make use of technology to play fairy godmother?” he said. (London Times)

The often conservative HREF is going to let gays have tech-assisted kids:

Suzi Leather, chairman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, insists that the current legal requirement that women who undergo fertility treatment must find a man to act as father to their child is 'anachronistic' and should be scrapped.
It would give the green light for single and lesbian women to seek IVF on equal terms with heterosexual couples. ThisisLondon