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• Bioethicist defends parents' right to choose their baby's gender

  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... Posted Aug 03 2005, 08:45 AM by Maureen with | with no comments Filed under: UK (United Kingdom), Ethics, Gender Preference, Legislation

• Article: Birth of first "Savior Sibling" conceived in the UK with PGD

  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... Posted Jul 19 2005, 05:21 AM by Maureen with | with no comments Filed under: PGD, UK (United Kingdom), Ethics

• UK: Why the critics got it wrong over 'designer babies'

  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".... Posted Mar 27 2005, 09:01 AM by Maureen with | with no comments Filed under: UK (United Kingdom), Ethics, Legislation

• UK: The law is halting the birth of a new era

  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.... Posted Mar 27 2005, 08:53 AM by Maureen with | with no comments Filed under: UK (United Kingdom), Ethics, Legislation