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1. ACART Proposed Donation Guidelines: Submission
(Submissions)
... the use of assisted reproductive technologies in New Zealand. Our commitment to the importance of retaining these biological links (genetic and gestational) is not, however, simply the expression of ...
Created on 25 February 2019
2. Submission to ACART on Posthumous Reproduction: A review of the current Guidelines
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
Staff of The Nathaniel Centre In July 2018 the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) sought public feedback on significant policy issues about whether and in what circumstances ...
Created on 16 January 2019
3. Submission to ACART on Proposed Changes to Donation Guidelines and Surrogacy
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
Staff of The Nathaniel Centre In September 2017 the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) sought public feedback on its proposal to replace four separate guidelines with one ...
Created on 17 May 2018
4. Maintaining a principled ethical approach in the face of a global fertility market
(Submissions)
A submission to the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology Earlier this year the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) released a background discussion paper ...
Created on 17 November 2014
5. Import and Export of Gametes and Embryos: Proposed advice to the Minister of Health
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
 A Submission to the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology In March 2013 the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) issued a background paper seeking feedback ...
Created on 18 August 2014
6. Maintaining a principled ethical approach in the face of a global fertility market
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
 A submission to the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology Earlier this year the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) released a discussion paper on the ...
Created on 12 December 2013
7. Proposed Amendments to Guidelines on Surrogacy Arrangements Involving Providers of Fertility Services and Guidelines on Donation of Eggs or Sperm between Certain Family Members
(Submissions)
  A Submission to the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology   Preamble: While assisted reproduction has traditionally been seen as a way to help people who are infertile, ...
Created on 12 December 2013
8. Response to ACART [1] Draft Guidelines on the Use of Donated Eggs in Conjunction with Donated Sperm
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
... as an assisted reproductive procedure since 2005, there have never been any guidelines enabling the procedure to be approved by the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART). After ...
Created on 22 November 2011
9. Vatican Updates Catholic Teaching on the Dignity of Human Life
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
... relating to assisted human reproduction and research involving stem cells and human genetics. Dignitas Personae builds on principles and teachings laid out in an earlier and often quoted 1987 Instruction, ...
Created on 21 November 2011
10. Editorial: Bioethics and Politics: The Axing of the Bioethics Council, Toi te Taiao
(Bioethics and the Environment)
... advice to Government on biotechnological issues that involve significant cultural, ethical and spiritual dimensions, Toi te Taiao has facilitated widespread consultation in human assisted reproduction ...
Created on 21 November 2011
11. A Summary of Key Points from Submission to Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology [ACART] on the Use of Frozen Eggs in Fertility Treatment
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
... it for "medical" reasons as opposed to "social" reasons. The posthumous use of frozen eggs raises similar ethical issues to the posthumous use of frozen sperm. We regard the use of assisted human reproductive ...
Created on 21 November 2011
12. Whangai, Surrogacy and Adoption
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
... assisted reproductive technology where the Church's wisdom and insights can be ignored or judged to be irrelevant not only by those in wider society but also by some within the faith community. Finding ...
Created on 21 November 2011
13. Using the Internet to Research Bioethics: A Resource
(What is Bioethics?)
... understanding of Catholic teaching on abortion, assisted conception, advance directives, contraception, euthanasia, genetic engineering and other issues. They operate from the philosophy that much of the ...
Created on 21 November 2011
14. Editorial - Taking a Deeper View
(What is Bioethics?)
... something makes it right regardless of what is chosen. We see this most clearly exemplified in some arguments regarding abortion, physician assisted suicide, and euthanasia. What is chosen is not central ...
Created on 21 November 2011
15. The Moral Case for Embryo Adoption
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
... should never have arisen. In 2004, following on from other countries, The National Ethics Committee on assisted Human Reproduction (NECAHR) sought submissions from New Zealanders as to whether or not ...
Created on 21 November 2011
16. Developments in Embryo Research
(Bioethics and Health Care)
Anne Dickinson In the last few years while New Zealanders have been debating cloning and assisted human reproduction and the government has been legislating to deal with these issues, human embryo research ...
Created on 21 November 2011
17. Guidelines for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in New Zealand
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
Nathaniel Centre Staff Issue 15, April 2005 In November 2004 The Nathaniel Centre responded to an invitation from the National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction (NECAHR) to comment on proposed ...
Created on 21 November 2011
18. Update on The Human Assisted Reproductive Technology (HART) Bill
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
Nathaniel Centre Staff Issue 14, November 2004 On 6 August 2004 the Health Select Committee reported to Parliament on the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2003. The Bill establishes a legislative ...
Created on 21 November 2011
19. Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
  NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference and The Nathaniel Centre Background The New Zealand parliament is currently considering legislation to regulate the use of Human Assisted Reproductive Technology. ...
Created on 21 November 2011
20. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Disability and a Catholic Ethic of Caring
(Bioethics at the Beginning of Life)
... respect to its use in conjunction with assisted human reproduction. Genetic testing in the area of human reproduction falls into three broad categories. Firstly, prospective parents wanting to know the ...
Created on 21 November 2011
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