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To the Editor: In his Sounding Board article (March 7 issue),¹ Dr. Templeton notes that ooplasmic transfer raises novel issues related to family law, kinship, and relationships, in addition to important issues regarding health and safety. A child born after an ooplasmic transfer would have a second genetic mother — the source of the mitochondrial DNA in the donated ooplasm. However, if this technique proves safe and effective for oocyte insufficiency, the rules of family law would easily adjust to it, just as they have with egg donation, a rapidly growing assisted reproductive technique.

Like other egg donors, the woman . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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