Gene editing: The next frontier in America’s abortion wars
        
            By Sarah Karlin, 
                Politico
             | 02. 16. 2016
        
            [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky]
                    
                                    
                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                            
                              
    
  
  
    
  
          
  
      
    
             
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Longtime combatants find themselves on the same side when it comes to manipulating the DNA of human embryos.
 
  That may seem like an idea from a sci-fi flick, but it’s already here.   The gene-editing technique is already used in research and has the   potential to modify human DNA with unprecedented ease in the   not-too-distant future. British regulators approved limited experiments   in human embryos earlier this month.
 
  The technology holds promise to cure diseases like cystic fibrosis or   sickle cell and even revive extinct species. But critics fear it could   also be harnessed to craft “designer babies,” who are more intelligent,   beautiful or athletic and to “edit” embryonic cells to change an   inherited trait forever. 
 
  Those dystopian prospects have aligned U.S. groups long at odds: The   anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, Family Research Council and the   Center for Bioethics and Culture oppose gene editing in embryos. So do   abortion rights groups like Our Bodies Ourselves and the leadership of   the Pro Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, albeit for very different reasons. 
 
  They’re not alone in raising concerns. Scientists...
 
 
  
 
    
    
  
   
                        
                                                                                
                 
                                                    
                            
                                  
    
  
  
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