add to help this gay couple have a child. the punishment, the state of kansas demanding reimbursement made to the couple, parents of a now 4-year-old girl despite they all signed a contract and agreed he would not have parental responsibilitie responsibilities. reporter: a zhuszh ruled against him insisting he broke a law. the parties did not provide a donor sperm to a licensed physician. according to court documents, the child s mother had filed for benefits, indicating the father was an anonymous sperm donor. when questioned further, she submitted the contract. he claims it s a conservative state where same-sex marriage is banned, making a political statement. they have a point to prove now. legal experts say that point is money. the idea is the state of
dna from three people. the uk is one step closer to becoming the first country in the world to do just that. experts say it could prevent some potentially fatal diseases being passed on from mother to child. critics say it s opening up a pandora s box to the creation of designer babies. so dr. debby is here with her take on this. what do you think, designer babies? well, the designer baby part is scary. the first thought i had was just amazement and awe. if you think about it, throughout all the centuries that humans have been around, we ve never been able to do this. you always have donor sperm, donor eggs, surrogates who can carry the baby through, but never had three parents contribute their genetic material to one baby. it s actually revolutionary, but it is scary as well with some of the ethical implications. how much dna would come from a donor? could one child look like them more than its parents? no this is actually for a
choose to have a child using this technology want a child so badly they re willing to take some risk. and the reality is, i don t think they re taking that much risk at all. so robert edwards, now a nobel laureate. they went with someone involved in the clinical side as opposed to the research side. think about we ve got couples who are both infertile using donor egg, donor sperm, same sex couples can have a child, you can freeze eggs. you were accused of playing god 30 years ago, where is this going now? well, we re daily accused of playing god. but we re trying to help patients with clinical problems and help them solve them. and that s what dr. edwards was doing back then. and highly criticized he and his colleague. it took 40 attempts before they had the first pregnancy. and one was a miscarriage and one was an eptopic. it just shows with a passion and vision, you can make a