Final Report (all chapters)

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....................................................................................................................................... 1
1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Domain of Inquiry ................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Embryo Politics ....................................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Regulation: General Considerations ..................................................................................................... 3
2 SOURCES OF CONCERN..................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 General Ethical Principles ..................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Targets of Prohibition ............................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 Targets of Regulation .............................................................................................................................. 6
3 THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK..................................................................... 7
3.1 Federal Regulators.................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Direct Legislative Intervention ............................................................................................................... 8
3.3 Regulation by States ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.4 Self-Regulation ........................................................................................................................................ 9
4 RECENT REGULATORY INITIATIVES IN OTHER COUNTRIES ........................................................................... 9
4.1 The British HFEA .................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 The Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada....................................................................... 10
4.3 Other Legislative Initiatives.................................................................................................................. 10
5 PROS AND CONS OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES......................................................................................... 11
5.1 Maintaining the Status Quo .................................................................................................................. 11
5.2 Incrementally Expanding Statutory and Regulatory Authority .......................................................... 12
5.3 Direct Legislative Intervention ............................................................................................................. 13
5.4 Self-Regulation ...................................................................................................................................... 13
5.5 Creating a New Regulatory Institution ................................................................................................ 14
6 A NEW REGULATORY INSTITUTION .............................................................................................................. 14
6.1 General Design Considerations ........................................................................................................... 14
6.2 The Independent Commission............................................................................................................... 17
6.3 The Permanent Advisory Board ........................................................................................................... 17
6.4 Traditional Mechanisms of Public Consultation................................................................................. 18
6.5 New Approaches to Public Consultation ............................................................................................. 19
6.6 Final Remarks........................................................................................................................................ 23
7 CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS................................................................................................................... 23
8 INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS............................................................................................................... 24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 25
ABOUT THE AUTHORS ...................................................................................................................................... 27
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 37
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