This film documents the PET event 'Consent to Change: What Do New Gamete and Embryo Storage Regulations Mean for You?', which was supported by Merck.
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| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:06:10 | Dorothy Byrne Parent via donor conception, and commentator on the identifiability of donors |
| 0:13:31 | Kevin Moore Donor-conceived person, also himself a sperm donor |
| 0:23:10 | Nina Barnsley Director, Donor Conception Network |
| 0:35:05 | Dr Jo Lysons Research Associate, Centre for Family Research |
| 0:43:47 | Professor Guido Pennings Director, Bioethics Institute Ghent |
| Discussion | |
| 0:52:25 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
At this event, speakers discuss four possible new legal models for regulating donor conception that have been considered by the UK's fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority). Further details of these proposed legal models can be found at here and here.
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