Earlier this year, the HFEA relaxed its policies on the screening of embryos in '
saviour sibling' cases.
Parents of seriously ill children whose only hope of survival is the creation of a '
saviour sibling' will be overjoyed at yesterday's decision by the fertility watchdog.
EMMERDALE ITV1 7pm Considering it was Debbie's idea to seduce her ex Andy to try and conceive a '
saviour sibling' for their poorly daughter Sarah last week, she can hardly complain when he misreads the signals and becomes affectionate (above).
A majority of the jury also decided in favour of allowing parents the opportunity to create a '
saviour sibling' - a new child with specific genetic characteristics who is capable of saving the life of an existing child with a life-threatening disease, by donating stem cells.
And Debbie and Andy trying to conceive a '
saviour sibling' for daughter Sarah is one of them.
Meanwhile, there's a food fight over at Debbie's when she and Andy decide that an immaculate conception isn't the way to produce a
saviour sibling for poorly daughter Sarah and decide to try "the natural way".
The emergence of the '
saviour sibling' has seen a war of words break out between opposing factions.
A desperately ill five-year-old, whose parents won the right to create a "
saviour sibling" to treat him, has made an emotional appeal for bone-marrow donors.
EMMERDALE ITV1, 7pm DEBBIE reckons having another baby with Andy - a
saviour sibling - is the only way of getting a bone marrow match for Sarah.
Jayson Whitaker was forced to go abroad with his wife Michelle, from Chester-le-Street, County Durham, to produce a
saviour sibling to help his five-year-old son, Charlie, after the Government's fertility watchdog refused them treatment.
She and Sarah's father Andy Slugden will have "a
saviour sibling", even if it means pretending they're a couple again to have a course of IVF.
David is defensive when Tracy tries to talk to him, Jessie admits her feelings for Marlon, and little Jack fears that, because he was conceived as a
saviour sibling, he's going to have to donate his heart to Sarah.