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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Illegal experiments on babies" is a user-provided note, and is not really an accurate label. For one thing, no experiments were done on babies.

Another thing -- unlike "murder," there is a gradient of what constitutes an "illegal experiment." The phrase "illegal experiments on babies" sounds terrible, but if you imagine a volume dial on this crime, one could lower it until one finds the minimum violation possible which could technically be described as an "illegal experiment" -- for instance, flicking a baby with your index finger to check its reflexes. So it should not be of any surprise that there are such things as "illegal experiments" which are so mild as to warrant just 3 years in prison.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The report confirmed that He had recruited eight couples to participate in his experiment, resulting in two pregnancies, one of which gave birth to the gene- edited twin girls in November 2018. The babies are now under medical supervision. The report further said He had made forged ethical review papers in order to enlist volunteers for the procedure, and had raised his Own funds deliberately evading oversight, and organized a team that included some overseas members to carry out the illegal project.

I guess it's right that there was no experiment in babies, the babies were the experiments themselves.

It would have taken much less time to read about the topic than to make that nonsense response.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

What do you mean? What did I get wrong?