Where will human germline gene editing resulting in a live birth first occur legally?
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34%
USA
83%
China
50%
Singapore
50%
South Korea
50%
Israel
24%
Taiwan
20%
Japan
17%
Canada
13%
United Kingdom
20%
Semi-autonomous charter city or network state (like Prospera)
20%
Other country, not in a semi-autonomous zone
This resolves to the location where the gene editing occurs, which may be different from the location where the baby is born.
Not all answers are mutually exclusive. For example, if it occurred in a semi-autonomous charter city within the borders of the US, then both answers would resolve YES.
Background reading from Gene Smith for those interested:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DfrSZaf3JC8vJdbZL/how-to-make-superbabies
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