Advances in science will always lead to concerns about meddling too much with nature.

But when you look at former Sussex cricketer Keith Newell’s beautiful one-year-old daughter Jessica, who is suffering from a horrendous crippling genetic disorder which is likely to tragically cut her life short, the prospect of saving other children from a similar fate seems obvious.

It is a difficult and brave decision to be the first country to legalise this controversial practise which the rest of the world has still banned.

Keith, his partner Vicky and thousands of other families, could have the chance of having healthy happy babies and the chance to prevent these awful diseases.

Surely this opportunity should be seized with both hands.Questions about the morality of the practice are still hanging overhead, but ultimately the most important thing is for people to have a choice.Parents will now have the right to decide their child’s future and potentially save them from lifelong suffering.

While people may not support it in principle they should not be able to dictate to others about what they do with their bodies.