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CONTENTS Abbreviations .............................................................................. 4 Introduction .............................................................................. 5 CHAPTER 1 OPENING PANDORA’S BOX? 1 The New Overlords...................................................................... 6 2 When DNA Means Do Not Ask ............................................. 9 Infobox: Genetic Engineering ............................................................. 12 3 A Lawyer’s Point of View .............................................. 13 4 Hope over Hype ........................................................................ 15 CHAPTER 2 REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY 1 There Is No Guarantee of the Perfect Child ................................ 17 2 A Baby of Two Hopes ................................................... 18 Infobox: Stem-Cell Research .............................................................. 21 3 The Burden of Responsibility .............................................. 22 4 The Giſt of Life – The Catholic Church on Artificial Procreation . ............. 26 CHAPTER 3 SURROGACY 1 Surrogacy Today ........................................................................ 30 2 Aſter the Birth of Elton and David’s Son, Can the UK Deliver Surrogacy Reform? . 32 Infobox: Reproductive Medicine .......................................................... 35 3 Babies and Unbabies ................................................. 36 CHAPTER 4 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD 1 Genetically Modified Cows Produce ‘Human’ Milk ............................. 39 2 Safe to Eat or Frankenstein’s Food? ....................................................... 42 3 The Future of Food: Organic Agriculture and Genetic Engineering ............... 43 4 Attack of the Really Quite Likeable Tomatoes ............................................... 46 Acknowledgements......................................................................... 48

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CONTENTS

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

CHAPTER 1 OPENING PANDORA’S BOX?

1 The New Overlords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 When DNA Means Do Not Ask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Infobox: Genetic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3 A Lawyer’s Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4 Hope over Hype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CHAPTER 2 REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY

1 There Is No Guarantee of the Perfect Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2 A Baby of Two Hopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Infobox: Stem-Cell Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 The Burden of Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4 The Gi¬ of Life – The Catholic Church on Artificial Procreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

CHAPTER 3 SURROGACY

1 Surrogacy Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2 A¬er the Birth of Elton and David’s Son, Can the UK Deliver Surrogacy Reform? . 32

Infobox: Reproductive Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3 Babies and Unbabies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CHAPTER 4 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

1 Genetically Modified Cows Produce ‘Human’ Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

2 Safe to Eat or Frankenstein’s Food? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3 The Future of Food: Organic Agriculture and Genetic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4 Attack of the Really Quite Likeable Tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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