Calling for international ethical standards in genome editing research.

opposes the experiments that resulted in pregnancies using genome-edited human embryos described in November 2018 media reports;

recognizes that the question of whether to proceed with heritable genome editing touches on all of humanity;

supports the international commission convened by the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society of the United Kingdom to develop an international framework regarding human germline editing; and

encourages the Secretary of State to work with other nations and international organizations, including the United Nations and the World Health Organization, to forge an international consensus regarding the limits of ethical clinical use of genome-edited human embryos.