Lord Deben called for a delay and asked peers to form a committee to look at the safety and legality of the procedure. <\/p>\n
He warned that children born from the technique could be sterile and argued that the majority of the public did not agree with the procedure. <\/p>\n
\"We have to protect three sets of people, the families, the children and the wider society,\" he told the House of Lords. <\/p>\n
We should be concerned about the children who would be born in these circumstances. There are real doubts about safety. <\/p>\n
Former Attorney General Baroness Scotland also said the legislation had been rushed through and argued that neither the current Attorney General Jeremy Wright nor the Lord Chancellor supported the new law. <\/p>\n
\"This matter is not easy, it's complex. Why the haste?\" she added. <\/p>\n
Baroness Hollins, chair of the British Medical Association's Science Committee also said she could not support the new legislation while Baroness O'Loan warned that many more egg donors would be needed for the procedure whihc would place women at risk of complications from hyperstimulation. <\/p>\n
However Lord Howe said mitochondrial replacement could 'give real hope to families.' <\/p>\n
\"It would be cruel and perverse to deny them that opportunity for any longer than necessary,\" he added. <\/p>\n
Lord Winston, one of Britain's leading fertility experts, also backed the law. <\/p>\n
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