Clarifications were issued to stress that research in genome editing for 'preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic' purposes falls under the limits of the Oviedo Convention – but that is also a way of saying that research is allowed under these provisions.
“We are the pioneers of abuses of unborn children like legalised abortion, IVF and genetic screening,” lamented Paul Tully of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
One journalist said the change is designed to 'dupe' the British public into accepting 'full-scale germline genetic engineering,' using human embryos as test subjects.