https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021111558.htm

According to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign legal expert who studies the ethical and policy implications of advanced biotechnologies, how the next Congress decides to handle the issue will affect the science, ethics and financing of genome editing for decades to come.

Although there are a number of statutes and federal appropriation riders that take as their bioethical center the human embryo, none exist that govern the editing of "gametes" -- that is, sperm and eggs, said Jacob S. Sherkow, a professor of law at Illinois.