1. Beginning of Life Issues Congenital malformations and the right to die Consent issues Genetic testing Health and prenatal behavior Surrogacy and assisted reproduction

2. Congenital Disease Can be anticipated or a surprise Overlaps with abortion issues if known prior to birth Do we have the responsibility or the right to bring malformed children into the world and who must care for and pay for care of these children? Issues of cost, personal responsibility and right to life or death

3. Congenital Disease Methods of diagnosis—imaging, amniocentesis, blood Prenatal treatment options Technology prolongs life Is it life? Who pays? Right to life if deformed and permanently dependent? Tay-Sachs, chance of cure

4. Consent for Children Parent has responsibility to receive information and consent for their child What if not there when consent required? Guardian ad litum Abuse and neglect Sexual abuse

5. Genetic Testing Right to know Cost Discrimination if not equally available Abortion overlap Who else can know—insurers? Governments? HIPPA act

6. Prenatal Effects on Health Harrison Hypothesis Diabetes, Heart Disease Hypertension Prenatal effect on longevity and susceptibility to diseases Toxins—alcohol, drugs, smoking

7. Surrogacy Option for those who cannot reproduce because one partner is infertile Who’s child is it Can you permanently alienate your parental rights? If so, can the child have the right to know? Courts and surrogates

8. Assisted Reproduction Extra and intra uterine Can we maintain a fetus indefinitely outside the uterus—no, but close What does that have to do with abortion rights? GIFT Reimplantation, use of anonymous sperm and egg donors, right of the child to know genetic heritage

9. Cloning and stem cells Other sources than fetuses Life at conception at root of controversy Whose life is a clone’s? For what purpose was that life formed?

10. Issues Consent Right to know Who knows Privacy Cost and responsibility for impaired persons and fetuses