Three-Parent Embryo Developed

American Voices • Science & Technology • ISSUE 44•06 • Feb 7, 2008

British scientists claim to have created an embryo with genes from three people. What do you think?

“What? A conception that strays from traditional heterosexual marital union? Where's my congressman?”
Michael Hartman –
Millwright
“God, I hope the three British people weren't all from the royal family.”
Ethan Richards –
EMT
“So what? A lot of people already have three parents. My own daughter has blue eyes like her one daddy, and she likes to stay up late and bounce checks at the liquor store just like the other.”
Emma Morganstern –
Physical Therapy Aide

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