Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law, Volume 1

Front Cover
Approximately 1% of births in the UK were conceived using IVF. At present IVF and embryo research are controlled by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority which was formed by a 1990 Act, since then scientific progress has been rapid and the Department of Health has announced a review of that Act. This extensive inquiry will inform that review. It covers: regulation of assisted reproduction, problems with HFE Act; the operation of the Act; provision of infertility services; review of the Act; legislative and regulatory models. It makes recommendations on issues such as choosing the sex of babies; the need for a separate review of abortion; the regulatory bodies required; and a legislative framework that balances the freedom of the individual with the interests of the state, so that any intervention has a sound ethical base.

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Contents

Report
3
4
21
Embryos not formed through fertilisation
33
Internet services
40
Discrimination
46
Ethical basis for
52
Anonymity
67
Fertility research
77
Breaches of regulation
83
Provision of infertility services
129
Review of the Act
136
Legislative and regulatory models
142
A new approach
169
Conclusions and recommendations
175
Formal minutes
190
Witnesses
209

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