Session 101: Prison and Assisted Reproduction

Session 101: Prison and Assisted Reproduction Tuesday, 19st July at 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm CET Description: International IVF Initiative I3- Online Session 101-Prison and Assisted reproduction 19th July, 2022. [ 97mins]Course outline/synopsis:Embryologists and legal professional talked about access to fertility treatment within the prison and justice systems of countries around the world.The moderators were Lyndon Miles, UK embryologist and US Attorney Colleen Quinn but experts in legal matters concerning assisted reproduction.The webinar sort to highlight what modern ART techniques could be used both with case studies and theoretically while a person was incarcerated, plus to introduce the concept of safeguarding the welfare of the child in any IVF case.The webinar examined the question of whether prisoners should retain the right to a private and family life, the right to procreate and whether restricting prisoners from procreating should form a part of their punishment.An introductio