Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The concept of PGD is that, if there is a concern due to a previous pregnancy, testing could be done to eliminate the risk. The obvious assertion by people who oppose assisted human reproduction is that the next step will be genetic assessment, gender selection and all that flows from those. Where is this country in the context of gender selection, for example?