Panel V: Playing God II—Eugenics, Disability, Discrimination, and Social Justice
This panel continues the discussion of ethical and moral conflicts that arise from genetic manipulation—highlighting feminist perspectives, disability rights critiques, and social justice concerns. Topics include the question of informed consent by women and intended parents to new fertility treatments and genetic manipulation and the balance of parental rights with the rights of people with disabilities as it relates to the screening of pregnant women for genetic-based disabilities and advances in preimplantation genetic testing and gamete selection.