The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research
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The latest online event held by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), the charity that publishes BioNews, was The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research . This discussed the legacy of PET s late patron Baroness Mary Warnock, and her work in reproductive healthcare, research and regulation.
Sarah Norcross, director of PET, began by thanking the sponsors before giving an introduction into Baroness Warnock s life. Norcross spoke of Baroness Warnock s strong relationship with PET and her impact on public policy, describing her work as some of the most influential in assisted conception and embryo research. Baroness Warnock is known for leading a committee to discuss the ethics of assisted conception and related research following the birth of the first IVF baby, culminating in a publication in 1984 best known as the Warnock Report . The report
FILM: The Business of Egg Freezing – From Bluster to Best Practice
This film documents the Progress Educational Trust (PET) event
The Business of Egg Freezing: From Bluster to Best Practice , produced in partnership with University College London s EGA Institute for Women s Health.
The event was also sponsored by the British Fertility Society, CooperSurgical, the London Egg Bank, the University of Cambridge s Reproductive Sociology Research Group, Combined Academic Publishers and Reproduction and Fertility (an journal from the Society for Reproduction and Fertility).
If you are interested in this topic, please consider signing and sharing PET s #ExtendTheLimit petition, calling for an extension to the 10-year storage limit for eggs frozen for non-medical reasons.
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