Tuesday Documentary

A Right To A Child (1972x18)

Air date: Sep 26, 1972

Has every couple an unconditional right to have a child? Advances in human genetics make it possible to predict the odds of certain couples producing genetically handicapped children. Combined with artificial insemination from a donor, and egg transfer from one woman to another, these genetic discoveries pose a whole series of ethical, social and legal issues. In this programme a MEDICAL DOCTOR discusses these issues with: A HARLEY STREET SPECIALIST in artificiai insemination A CHILD SPECIALIST in Genetic Defects BERNARD WILLIAMS , a Cambridge Professor of Philosophy CANON CARPENTER, Archdeacon of Westminster Abbey FR GERARD HUGHES , a Jesuit priest MRS MARGARET puxon , a barrister and DR ANNE MCLAREN , who pioneered egg transfer in animals. Producer PHILIP DALY