scholarly journals Erratum to: A conception of genetic parenthood by Thomas Douglas, Katrien Devolder in Bioethics (2018) (33) (54–59).

Bioethics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-536
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Parenthood

The relative importance of genetic parenthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Hendriks ◽  
Madelon van Wely ◽  
Thomas M. D'Hooghe ◽  
Andreas Meissner ◽  
Femke Mol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Importance ◽  
Genetic Parenthood

ORPHANS BY DESIGN: THE FUTURE OF GENETIC PARENTHOOD

Bioethics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Hilary Bowman‐Smart
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
Genetic Parenthood

scholarly journals Nuclear Families: Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques and the Regulation of Parenthood

2020 ◽  
pp. 016224392093454
Author(s):  
Catherine Mills
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Egg Donors ◽  
Genetic Parenthood ◽  
Genetic Parents ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques

Since mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRT) were developed and clinically introduced in the United Kingdom (UK), there has been much discussion of whether these lead to children borne of three parents. In the UK, the regulation of MRT has dealt with this by stipulating that egg donors for the purposes of MRT are not genetic parents even though they contribute mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to offspring. In this paper, I examine the way that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act in the UK manages the question of parentage. I argue that the Act breaks the link typically made between genetic causation and genetic parenthood by redefining genetic causation solely in terms of nuclear genetics. Along with this, mtDNA is construed as a kind of supplement to the nuclear family. Drawing on the account of the supplement developed by Jacques Derrida, I argue that mtDNA and the women who donate it are seen as both essential to establishing the nuclear family but also exterior to and insignificant for it.

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