Baby in the UK Conceived Through IVF Using DNA of 3 People | EWTN News Nightly

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Reaction continues to pour in after a baby in the United Kingdom was born earlier this month with the DNA of 3 people. The birth came after doctors performed a revolutionary IVF procedure created to help prevent rare, but dangerous mitochondrial diseases. The first baby born with DNA from 3 people took place in Mexico in 2016. According to Catholic Church teaching, the method of In vitro fertilization is considered immoral. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Expert with the Catholic Medical Association, Dr. Laura Rubal, joins to explains more about IVF, why a couple would want to go that route and why the Catholic Church considers it immoral. Dr. Rubal discusses how problematic it is from a faith perspective that the IVF method used in the UK to conceive the baby used DNA from 3 different people. She tells us more about the type of repercussions there could be for that child down the road when it comes to their health. Dr. Rubal shares where she sees this all going. She fills us in on whether there are other methods besides adoption that are available to them in line with Catholic teaching, if a couple cannot conceive. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf