Introduction -- Frankenstein humanity : promethean hubris? -- House of Lords debate -- House of Commons debates -- Saviour siblings -- Ethical issues -- House of Lords debates -- House of Commons debates -- New beginnings : new law? -- Welfare of the child in 2012 -- The common law response : case law on the 'welfare of the child' amd suitability of parents -- House of Commons debates -- House of Lords debates -- The abortion controversy -- The birth of the new parenthood regime -- Naming but not shaming -- Human rights and reproductive medicine -- ECHR square pegs in common law round holes -- Warnock : the ethical compass -- The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 : the birth of the human fertilisation and embryology authority -- Changes to the HFEA following the 2008 Act -- The lottery of accessing assisted reproduction -- Sex selection under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 -- The role of Parliament : our ethical compass -- The view of the House of Lords -- The case for an alternative ethical forum -- Stem cell research in the United States : the ethical civil war battlelines redrawn? -- European Union and research on embryonic stem cells : the door closes? -- Conclusion.
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