Regulating pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: a comparative and theoretical analysis

by Elliston, Sarah McLean, Sheila

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Title Statements

Full title :Regulating pre-implantation genetic diagnosis : a comparative and theoretical analysis / edited by Sheila A.M. McLean and Sarah Elliston.

Summary

"The successful achievement of pregnancies after pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing to save the life of a sibling, sex selection for social reasons, the prevention of late onset diseases, or to prevent diseases which may be genetically predisposed to developing such as breast cancer. The technology surrounding PGD is constantly developing, giving rise to new and unexpected consequences that create fresh ethical and legal dilemmas. Featuring internationally recognized experts in this field this book critically explores the regulation of PGD and the broader legal and ethical issues. It looks at the regulatory situation in a number of jurisdictions including New Zealand, Asutralia and the UK, but it also explores a number of themes of wide significance including a historical consideration of PGD and its part in the creation of the "genetic embryo" as a political tool, the over-regulation of PGD, the place of the woman in the regulation of PGD and the ethical difficulties in handling this additional unexpected medical information yielded by new technologies"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (265 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1136217843, 9781136217845, 9780203096376, 0203096371, 9781283845953, 1283845954, 9781136217791, 1136217797, 9781136217838, 1136217835, 9781138785403, 1138785407
oclc:ocn819380289
LC Classification:K642
Dewey Decimal:344.03/219832

Introduction -- Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: safely born but not designed -- The weak moral basis for strong PGD regulation -- PGD and the making of the 'genetic embryo' as a political tool -- Statutory regulation of PGD in the UK: unintended consequences and future challenges -- The welfare of the child principle and the use of PGD: selecting for disability -- Regulating abortion and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia: comparing and contrasting regulative approaches -- Regulatory legitimacy: the case for controlling and restricting access to PGD for sex-selection purposes -- Cartwright calamities, Frankenstein monsters and the regulation of PGD in New Zealand -- The state in action: an insider's view of how the state regulates the use of PGD with HLA tissue-typing in New Zealand.

Subjects

Abortion -- Law and legislation Abortion, Induced -- ethics Australia Diagnostics préimplantatoires Enfant à naître (Droit) Fertilization in Vitro -- legislation &… Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Law an… HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbi… Human embryo -- Legal status, laws, etc Human reproduction -- Law and legislati… Law -- General LAW -- Health LAW -- Medical Law & Legislation New Zealand Preimplantation Diagnosis Preimplantation Diagnosis -- ethics Preimplantation genetic diagnosis Sex Preselection -- ethics Unborn children (Law) United Kingdom