Do ‘babies of technology’ need more legal power?
Few, if any, laws protect children conceived with artificial insemination, IVF, or surrogacy. A new book argues that's a problem.
by Anne Brice-Berkeley
Apr 18, 2017
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There are few, if any, laws protecting children conceived with artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization (IVF), surrogacy, and potentially, bioengineering of embryos.
But there should be, says Mary Ann Mason, a professor in the graduate school at University of California, Berkeley and a faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. In a new book, Babies of Technology: Assisted Reproduction and the Rights of the Child (Yale University Press, 2017), she advocates for strict regulation of the multibillion-dollar fertility industry. Here, she talks about why it is so important with Berkeley News.
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