Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law - Report, Together with Formal Minutes

HC 7-I, Fifth Report of Session 2004-05 - Volume I

Author:

House of Commons - Science and Technolgy Committee

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £22.00

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, formed by a 1990 Act. Since then, scientific progress has been rapid and, in consequence, the Department of Health has announced a review of the 1990 Act; this extensive inquiry is to inform that review.

Topics discussed include:

• 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

Recommendations are made on issues such as:

• choosing the sex of babies

• the need for a separate review of abortion

• the regulatory bodies required

• a legislative framework that balances the freedom of the individual with the interests of the state, to ensure that any intervention has a sound ethical base

Incorporating HC 599-i to ix of Session 2003-04

Extent	215 pages	ISBN	9780215023230
Size	A4	Price	£22.00
Format	Paperback	Published	24 Mar 2005
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