advance warnings dr robert edwards, the pioneer, called for regulation before success watson (dna)...
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Advance warnings
• Dr Robert Edwards, the pioneer, called for regulation before success
• Watson (DNA) warned about cloning and surrogacy in 1971
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Autonomy
• Immanuel Kant 1724-1804
• Man must not be treated as a means to an end but as an end in himself
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John Stuart Mill
• Each is the proper guardian of his own health
• Third parties may be harmed
• Multiple births, allocation of resources, safety
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Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority UK
• Established by 1990 Act
• Licences and monitors clinics and laboratories, IVF and embryo research
• 21 members appointed after advertisement
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The Ethical Debate
• Catholic Church believes that life starts at conception
• Cardinal Trujillo announced excommunication for stem cell research
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The Different Views
• Christopher Reeve supported research
• Jewish position that healing is an obligation
• Many embryos are left to perish after IVF
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Frozen Embryos
• Law provides for 5-year storage
• 1996 – thousands had to be destroyed
• Donors could not be found
• May be kept 10 years with consent after law changed
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Ethics
• Human dignity, worth and autonomy
• The welfare of the potential child
• Safety
• Respect for the status of the embryo
• Saving life through new technology
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Animal-human embryos
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Cloning Dolly
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Supporters of Research I
• Nancy Reagan and Michael J. Fox spoke up for it
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Supporters of Research II
• John Kerry (with Mrs. Reeve) debated with President Bush
• Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton
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The Hashmi Family
• Zain suffered from beta thalassaemia and needed blood from a compatible sibling
• Need an embryo free of the disease
• Need an embryo that is also compatible
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis