Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990

This assignment will discuss the ethical concept of genetic engineering and how it demonstrates its relevance to midwifery professional practice and maternity care. Before analysing genetic engineering and looking at the arguments as to whether it is ethically right, an understanding of what the terms and lawful procedures mean should be determined. In order to construct this assignment, multiple resources were accessed. These resources included analysing books, both hard copies and electronically

Reproductive cloning could take the form of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). This is where fertilisation takes place outside the body. Many embryos grow in a petri-dish for 2-5 days then the best embryos are selected and implanted into the womb of the mother (Babies, 2011). This form of conception could eventually allow parents to choose certain characteristics or traits that they want their child to have or not to have. Genes could be manipulated and selected to satisfy the wants of the parents. This

mother and father. Is this a slippery slope towards a future of designer babies, where parents can choose the genetic attributes of their children? Mitochondrial disease is the malfunctioning of the mitochondria organelle located in every cell of the human body except the red blood cells. These organelles are responsible for the synthesis of 90% of the ATP energy required for a normal bodily function. Consequently if a patient is diagnosed with mtDNA disease, their individual cells will generate less

- Health and Social Care Act 2012 - Data Protection Act 1998 - The Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2000 - Human Rights Act 1998 - The Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 - The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality - Administrative Law - Access to Health Records Act -The Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 - Blood Safety and Quality Legislation - The Children Act 2004 - The Civil Evidence Act 1995 - Commission Directive 2003/63/EC (brought into UK law by inclusion in the

consultation, where it is taken to specialists and the document is debated and suggestions are made. Once the feedback has been provided and goes through metamorpheus, it then becomes a green paper. The next step for the green paper to be passed as an act is to go through the legislative process in Parliament, where it now becomes a bill or white paper. Public bills go straight into the first reading but Private Bills are put into a ballot box, which twenty of these bills a year are picked out to go

lead to any advancements then Bentham would not advocate human experimentation. Moreover if the pleasure that could come from the human trails were minuscule as well as distant, then Bentham would be unable to support the research. Additionally when taking a first glance at Bentham’s act utilitarianism, the teleological theory can mean that many miss interpret it to make assumptions telling us that in Bentham’s view that the use of humans in experiments and trails, can always be entirely justified

Human rights are those rights which should be available to every single individual. Throughout history, induced abortions have been a source of great debate and controversy since ethical, religious, political and personal issues coincide. Two great contrasting views have arisen as a result of this. The “pro-life” view supports the rights of an unborn child measuring life of the foetus from the moment of conception. On the contrary, the “pro-choice” view prioritises the mother’s right to abortion

The Treatments Available to Help Infertile Couples Have Children For many people the purpose of marriage is procreation. However for some people this is difficult. One in ten women have problems conceiving children today in Britain and two million people are infertile. Infertility is when a man or women is unable to conceive a baby. There are many different reasons why some women can’t conceive children naturally such as genetic reasons that have been passed down though

representative democracy. This is because such campaigns prevent governments from implementing their programmes and from pursuing policies that address the bigger picture. The scope and scale of direct action campaigns has increased significantly since the 1990s. The anti-roads protests of recent years, the campaign against live animal exports, the campaigns against fox hunting and vivisection, the fuel protests and the campaigns by groups such as Fathers4Justice and environmental groups such as Greenpeace

legal fundaments, look at significance of consent in a healthcare provision and illustrate the main issues involved with patients’ consent with midwifery practice as the focal point of interest. According to Medical Dictionary (2003) ‘consent’ is an ‘act of reason’, voluntary agreement to proposed treatment made by a mentally capable person upon receiving relevant information. Patients’ consent is closely associated with individuals’ liberty, person’s autonomy and the right to decide about themselves