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Bioethicist defends parents' right to choose their baby's gender
Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:45 AM

Dr. Edgar Dahl, bioethicist and senior research fellow at the medical centre of Geissen University, Germany, argues that sex selection should be permitted in the UK. Based on his extensive research on gender preference among parents in many countries, Dahl refutes the common misconception that gender selection could lead to a sex ratio imbalance. He cites a survey... Read More...

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Filed under: UK (United Kingdom), Ethics, Gender Preference, Legislation

Article: Birth of first "Savior Sibling" conceived in the UK with PGD
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:21 AM

Article: 'Savior sibling' born to Fletcher family (BioNews, UK) I've written before about the Whitakers, a family with a seriously ill son who could be cured by a bone marrow transfusion. They hoped to use PGD to have a 'savior sibling' -- using an embryo selected because it was a tissue match for their older son. However, the UK's HFEA (the aptly called "watchdog... Read More...

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Filed under: PGD, UK (United Kingdom), Ethics

UK: Why the critics got it wrong over 'designer babies'
Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:01 AM

Why the critics got it wrong over 'designer babies' Scottish News Commentary on the report on reproductive technologies issued by the UK's House of Commons select committee on science and technology concludes, "the report certainly is radical, but in a positive not a negative sense". Read More...

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UK: The law is halting the birth of a new era
Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:53 AM

The law is halting birth of new era Scottish News Dr. Ian Gibson, chairman of the UK's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, comments on changes needed in the function of the HFEA, which regulates fertility treatment in the UK. An excerpt from this excellent article: The 1990 Act has an infamous clause, which states that "a woman shall not be provided... Read More...

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