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Public engagement and deliberation in human embryo research governance in Australia 2001-2011

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posted on 2023-05-22, 23:12 authored by Susan Dodds, Ankeny, RA
© 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. This chapter identifies and evaluates Australian processes for developing policy with regard to embryo research, including the legislative process, the work of a legislative review committee, parliamentary debates, and the production of the National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines for such research. We examine various mechanisms used during each of these policymaking stages to engage various publics, and the procedures for balancing conflicting values, which were particularly evident given the strong promotion of biotechnology investment by government side by side with vigorous opposition to certain technologies by segments of the Australian community. We explore the ethical and democratic challenges posed by developments in embryo research as well as various difficulties that arose in engaging the Australian public during these policymaking processes, whether these might prove to be impediments to the development of justifiable and legitimate life sciences research policy in Australia, and what the future prospects are for productive and meaningful public engagement in these contentious areas.

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Publication title

Big Picture Bioethics: Developing Democratic Policy in Contested Domains

Editors

S Dodds and RA Ankeny

Pagination

107-129

ISBN

9783319322391

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Place of publication

Switzerland

Extent

13

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Copyright 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

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