Summary of the meeting at the Department of Health

By Alison Bryan | April 1st, 2008 | Posted in Department of Health, Law & Policy |

On the 19 March 2008 representatives of Stop Eugenics, the BDA, the Progress Educational Trust and two individual genetics counsellors met with the HFE Bill Team at the Department of Health.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss our concerns over Clause 14(4)(9) and relevant Explanatory Notes of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HFEB).

A summary of the meeting can be found in English here [PDF] and in British Sign Language:

The Department of Health will be releasing their response to this meeting in the near future.

Stop Eugenics would like to thank all those involved for making this meeting happen.