Science, Law and Bioethics: Kent/Ghent Bioethics Collaborative Initiative,

February 24-26, 2015

Organised by Kent Law School (KLS), Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG), and the University of Kent, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Reproduction (CISoR) 

All are welcome to come along to the discussions take place. All the events are being held on Kent University’s Canterbury Campus.

For more information contact Dr. Pamela White P.White-229@kent.ac.uk

 

Tuesday 24 February 6:00 – 8:00 pm, ELT2

VESSEL —-Film Viewing and Discussion, co-hosted by CiSoR, KCLGS and CeCIL, and moderated by Professor Sally Sheldon

VESSEL begins with a young doctor who lived by the sea, and an unlikely idea.  Rebecca Gomperts, horrified by the realities created by anti-abortion law around the world, felt compelled to challenge this.  Her method: to provide abortions on a ship in offshore waters.We witness the creation of an underground network of emboldened, informed activists, working at the cutting edge of global reproductive rights, who trust women to handle abortion themselves. VESSEL is Rebecca’s story: one of a woman who heard and answered a calling, and transformed a wildly improbable idea into a global movement.

 

Wednesday 25 February Keynes College Lecture Theatre 5, 1.30pm -5.30pm

Confronting Science, Law and Bioethics

 A series of papers will be given.

‘What constitutes parenthood according to (aspiring) parents, knowing that one partner will not be/is not genetically related to their child?’ (Dr Veerle Provoost)

‘After the ‘need for….a father’: ‘The welfare of the child’ and ‘supportive parenting’ in UK assisted conception clinics’ (Prof. Ellie Lee)

‘The welfare of the child after social freezing of oocytes’ (Prof. Guido Pennings)

‘The regulatory cliff edge between contraception and abortion: the legal and moral significance of implantation’. (Prof. Sally Sheldon)

‘What constitutes parenthood according to (aspiring) parents, knowing that one partner will not be/is not genetically related to their child?’ (Dr Veerle Provoost)

‘The precious vessel hypothesis: Ubiquity and implications of ‘Benevolent Sexism’ for interventions on conception, pregnancy and childbirth.’ (Prof. Robbie Sutton)

‘Hidden Data?: What Canada’s ART Registry (CARTR) Reveals about Gestational Carriers’ (Dr Pamela White)

‘25 years of PGD’ (Prof. Darren Griffin)

Refreshments, Keynes College Lecture Theatre 5, 5.30pm – 6.30pm

 

Thursday, 26 February Keynes College Lecture Theatre 5, 10:30-12:00

Confronting Science, Law and Bioethics: Kent/Ghent Bioethics Collaborative Initiative

‘Revisiting the Regulation of Human Fertilisation and Embryology’. A Roundtable discussion Chaired by Dr Kirsty Horsey with presentations (Prof. K. Devine, A. Blackburn-Starza, K. Neofytou, Dr. P. White)

Starting the Discussion: What would we be looking for in a collaborative Kent/Ghent Bioethics arrangement? Comments from Kent KLS PG students with discussion from attendees. (PG Kent Student representative, Prof. V. Provoost)

 

Thursday, 26 February, Brian Simpson Room, Eliot Extension, 12:00 to 2:00

Starting the Discussion: What would we be looking for in a collaborative Kent/Ghent Bioethics arrangement? Comments from Kent MSc Repromed students with discussion from attendees

Continuing the Discussion: Planning for a visit to Ghent, April 2015

This event has been made possible by the Kent/Ghent Collaborative Research Grant obtained by Professors Sally Sheldon and Robin Mackenzie and Dr. Pamela White, Kent Law School and Professors Veerle Provoost and Guido Pennings, Bioethics Institute Ghent, in association with support provided by Kent’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Reproduction (CISoR) and Professor Darren Griffin.