Assessing Child Welfare Under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act: The new law. Summary of findings

Lee, Ellie J. and Macvarish, Jan and Sheldon, Sally (2012) Assessing Child Welfare Under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act: The new law. Summary of findings. Project report. University of Kent, Canterbury (KAR id:32881)

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Abstract

In 1990 the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act introduced an extensive legal framework for all research and treatment using human embryos in the UK. One short section of this Act placed on assisted conception services an obligation to assess ‘the welfare of the child’ (WOC) who may be born as a result of treatment pre-conception. This part of the HFE Act became the subject of research and debate in the subsequent years.

Item Type:	Reports and Papers (Project report)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ755 Popular works. Guidebook for parents > HQ755.8 Parents. Parenthood R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Institutional Unit:	Schools > Kent Law School Schools > School of Social Sciences Schools > School of Social Sciences > Centre for Health Services Studies
Former Institutional Unit:	Kent Law School School of Social Policy Sociology and Social Research Centre for Health Services Studies Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Depositing User:	Tony Rees
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2013 10:44 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 13:34 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/32881 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Lee, Ellie J..

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Macvarish, Jan.

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Sheldon, Sally.

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