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  • 13 - Selective termination of pregnancy and preimplantation genetic diagnosis: some ethical issues in the interpretation of the legal criteria

  • Edited by Sean Kehoe, Lyn Chitty, Tessa Homfray
  • Book:
    Reproductive Genetics
    Published online:
    05 February 2014
    Print publication:
    01 November 2009, pp 183-192

  • Summary

    This chapter considers some of the ethical issues at stake in the legal interpretation of the grounds for selective termination of pregnancy and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). It briefly discusses the distinction between a life that someone may not think is worth living and one that someone will think is worth living, and considers its implications for the question of whose interests may be at stake in prenatal diagnosis (PND) and PGD. The chapter also briefs the recommendations that laid the groundwork for the current criteria for PGD, which have been accepted by the Parliament in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 2008. Finally, it raises some questions about the interpretation of the relevant provisions of the new Act and two aspects of the draft guidance in the forthcoming Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Eighth Code of Practice.