UK MPs Vote For Creation of Babies with DNA From Two Women and One Man Tuesday Feb 03,2015

 UK lawmakers approve '3-parent babies' law

UK MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in an historic move. 

The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.

In a free vote on Tuesday Feb 03,2015 in the Commons, 382 MPs were in favour and 128 against the technique that stops genetic diseases being passed from mother to child.

During the debate, ministers said the technique was "light at the end of a dark tunnel" for families.

A further vote is required in the House of Lords. It everything goes ahead then the first such baby could be born next year

Estimates suggest 150 three-person babies could be born each year.

The HFEA is expected to give Newcastle a licence to carry out the procedure.
The first attempt could take place this year, which could lead to the first birth in 2016
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "We're not playing god here, we're just making sure that two parents who want a healthy baby can have one."

The Catholic and Anglican Churches in England said the idea was not safe or ethical, not least because it involved the destruction of embryos.

Other groups, including Human Genetics Alert, say the move would open the door to further genetic modification of children in the future - so-called designer babies, genetically modified for beauty, intelligence or to be free of disease.

Three Scientific Reviews by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) suggest the technique is "not unsafe".