Jackson, Emily (2002) Conception and the irrelevance of the welfare principle. Modern Law Review, 65 (2). pp. 176-203. ISSN 0026-7961
Abstract
This article challenges the assumption that their future children's welfare is a relevant consideration when deciding whether to provide a person with assisted conception services. It does not argue that infertility treatment ought to be available as of right. Rather, this article's proposal is that section 13(5) – which specifies that no-one shall receive assistance with conception unless account has first been taken of the welfare of any child who might be born – should be deleted from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Extending the 'welfare principle' to decisions taken prior to a child's conception is shown to be unjust, meaningless and inconsistent with existing legal principle.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/1179743... |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Sets: | Departments > Law Research centres and groups > BIOS (Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society) |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2008 15:15 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/6967/ |
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