Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
- Date:
- 1984-1990
- Reference:
- SA/CCD/G/13
- Part of:
- CO-ORD: Co-ordinating Campaign for the Defence of the 1967 Abortion Act
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Papers relating to the Committee of Enquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, and papers relating to the establishment of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990).
Publication/Creation
1984-1990
Physical description
8 files
Biographical note
The Committee of Enquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, chaired by Dame Mary Warnock DBE, covered 1982-1984. Her report on this occasion gave rise to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, which governs human fertility treatment and experimentation using human embryos. Its effect has been to require licensing for procedures such as in vitro fertilisation and to ban research using human embryos more than 14 days old.