Unnatural Selection: Should California Regulate Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)?
Stanford Law School presents: Pushing genetic boundaries, how far should scientists and parents go? Banned in Britain. A UK couple who wanted to genetically select an embryo to produce a matching bone marrow baby for their existing child, fled to the U.S. where the procedure is legal. Controversy in America. The Bush Administration is about to release a bioethics report that decries new human reproductive technologies that would genetically improve children, and calls for a federal ban on certain procedures. Experts say it is only a matter of time before the technology advances past sex selection, and we are able to engineer the selection of cosmetic traits like height, eye color, or even the genetic contributions to sexual orientation or basic temperament. Come to Stanford Law School to hear from world experts on the science of this reproductive technology, the ethical controversy over PGD, and the legal, political, and medical realities of any effort by the state of California to reg
