Assisted Reproduction, Cloning and Genetic Engineering
Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)
Course Description:
This course explores scientific, political, regulatory and constitutional issues associated with assisted reproduction, cloning and genetic engineering. Technologies include: artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, and donor eggs and sperm; human cloning, both reproductive and stem cell research; and genetic engineering accomplished through preimplantation genetic diagnosis and gene transfer. Topics include: a critical analysis of the public policy debates surrounding these technologies; laws and regulations that attempt to limit or ban the use of these technologies; equal protection for human clones; procreative, scientific and therapeutic liberties under the Constitution; and genetic engineering as an aspect of a parent’s right to rear his or her child. Approved IP LLM course.
Class Notes:
Limited enrollment. Reading assignment for first class posted online. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.