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February 26, 2015

Britain legalizes modifying germ line to fight disease

Auxiliary bishop John Sherrington of Westminster said that the House of Lords’ recent decision revealed a “very utilitarian” view of the human embryo and said that the Catholic view is not adequately respected or understood. Britain’s House of Commons approved the genetic modification of the human germ line to fight inherited diseases on Feb. 3.

MANCHESTER, England - Britain has become the first country in the world to legalize the genetic modification of the human germ line in an attempt to fight inherited diseases, but Catholic officials oppose the procedures.

Published in International