The Law of Assisted Reproduction

Seamus Burns is a solicitor and senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University.

Introduction;
PART 1 Human Admixed Embryos: New Eden or Manufactured Humanity?:
Frankenstein Humanity - Promethean Hubris?;
House of Lords Debate;
House of Commons Debates;
PART 2 Saviour Siblings - Commodifying Life?:
Saviour Siblings;
Ethical Issues;
House of Lords Debates;
House of Commons Debates;
New Beginnings - New Law?;
PART 3 Welfare of the Child versus the Wishes or Whims of the Parents:
Welfare of the Child in 2012;
The Common Law Response: Case Law on the 'Welfare of the Child' and Suitability of Parents;
House of Commons Debates;
House of Lords Debates;
PART 4 The Case for Abortion Reform:
The Abortion Controversy;
PART 5 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 - The New Order of Parents:
The Birth of the New Parenthood Regime;
Naming but not Shaming?;
PART 6 The Impact of Human Rights:
Human Rights and Reproductive Medicine;
ECHR Square Pegs in Common Law Round Holes;
PART 7 The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority - Fit for Purpose in 2012?:
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;
PART 8 The Lottery of Certain Lives:
The Lottery of Accessing Assisted Reproduction;
PART 9 Randomness Rejected?:
Sex Selection under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;
PART 10 In Search of the Best Ethical Compass:
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.