Resolved, That the 74th General Convention reaffirm that children
are entrusted to us as gifts from God to be nurtured toward maturity.
Therefore:
- Genetic testing of children can be an important part of parental
responsibility, and may be carried out if it is clearly in the child's best
interests to be tested;
- Treatment for genetic diseases and the use of somatic gene transfer
therapies may be used if they are proven safe and effective;
- New genetic techniques may be used in conjunction with in vitro
fertilization to avoid procreation of human beings with clearly serious
disorders of their DNA or chromosomes;
- It is not morally acceptable to use reproductive cloning, and it is
therefore morally irresponsible for physicians, scientists, and prospective
parents to engage in it.
