This film documents the PET event 'Fertility Frontiers: What Is a "Permitted" Embryo in Law?', which was supported by Merck and Hertility.
(If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.)
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| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:05:10 | Professor Nick Hopwood Deputy Chair, Cambridge Reproduction |
| 0:16:19 | Professor Robin Lovell-Badge Chair of Trustees, Progress Educational Trust |
| 0:32:22 | Professor Mary Herbert Scientific Director, Newcastle Fertility Centre |
| 0:44:42 | Julian Hitchcock Solicitor, Bristows |
| Discussion | |
| 0:59:59 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
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This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
The legal definition of a 'permitted embryo' can be found here.
Minutes and papers from meetings of the HFEA's Legislative Reform Advisory Group can be found here.
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