REPRODUCING REGULATION: NEW LAWS FOR FERTILITY TREATMENT AND EMBRYO
RESEARCH – WILL WE GET IT RIGHT?
A conference organised by the Progress Educational Trust (PET)
9.30am-5.30pm, 1 November 2007
Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH
The Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill, published in May 2007, is
intended to revise and supersede the earlier Human Fertilisation and
Embryology 1990 Act in light of developments in science and society. But
even in draft form, the Bill has elicited heated disagreements over such
issues as the use of hybrid embryos in stem cell research, the regulation of
embryo testing, and the terms on which fertility treatment should be made
available. This one-day conference will examine the past, present and future
of each of these areas to explore the consequences of the forthcoming
legislation.
- 9.30am
Registration and refreshments
Chair of morning sessions:
RUTH DEECH (UK Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, former chair
of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority)
- 10am
BACKGROUND: THE HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL
PHIL WILLIS (Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough and chair
of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee)
Followed by questions from the floor
- 11am
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND 'REPRODUCTIVE TOURISM'
JAMES LAWFORD-DAVIES (senior associate at Clifford Chance and lecturer at
Newcastle University)
MAUREEN McTEER (adjunct professor of medical law at the University of
Ottawa)
Followed by questions from the floor
- 12midday
Lunch
Chair of afternoon sessions:
ALISON MURDOCH (professor and head of reproductive medicine at Newcastle
University)
- 1pm
MEANS, ENDS, COMMODITIES OR GIFTS: THE ETHICS OF CHOOSING CHILDREN
TOM SHAKESPEARE (research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Practice
at Newcastle University)
Followed by questions from the floor
- 2pm
THERAPEUTIC AND RESEARCH APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN STEM CELLS
STEPHEN MINGER (senior lecturer and director of King's Stem Cell Biology
Laboratory at Kings College London)
Followed by questions from the floor
- 3pm
Break
- 3.30pm
SHOULD WE RELAX CONFIDENTIALITY RESTRICTIONS FOR MORE THAN JUST RESEARCH?
JOHN PARSONS (consultant obstetrician, gynaecologist and director of the
Assisted Conception Unit at Kings College Hospital)
Followed by questions from the floor
- 4.30pm
'IF YOU MUCK ABOUT WITH A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, YOU ARE LABELLING A CHILD AS
A SECOND CLASS PERSON': THE POLITICS OF DONOR CONCEPTION AND BIRTH
REGISTRATION
ERIC BLYTH (professor of social work at the University of Huddersfield)
Followed by questions from the floor
- 5.30pm
Close
Cost (including refreshments and buffet lunch):
£120
Concessions (for those not requiring an invoice):
Students £30, Friends of PET £60 (ask when booking about becoming a Friend
of PET), others £90
Bookings and enquiries:
Call 020 7278 7870, email [log in to unmask]
Send cheques (payable to 'Progress Educational Trust') to:
Events, Progress Educational Trust, 140 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8AX
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