Genethics Poster Competition
Design a Microsoft powerpoint poster about:
Designing a child - Gender selection of children
The Royal Society of New Zealand, The New Zealand Organisation for
Rare Disorders, and Toi te Taiao - the Bioethics Council, are
pleased to present New Zealand’s 5th Annual Genethics
competition for secondary school students in Yr 11 - Yr 13.
Prizes offered are $600 for the winner, $300 for second, and $100
each for the next three place getters.
Three easy steps:
1 - Research the topic - some references are provided to
assist you.
2 - Consider how you will use graphics and words to convey your
message.
3 - Create your poster and submit it in electronic form for
judging.
Topic:
The New Zealand Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act currently
prohibits the use of assisted reproductive technology to select the sex
of a child, except where the selection is to prevent a sex-linked
genetic disease. Some commentators consider there is a case to be made
for gender balancing of families for social or non-medical reasons.
Consider the pros and cons of non-medical pre-conceptual gender
selection and discuss whether or not there is a case to be made for a
change to the law in New Zealand to allow gender balancing of families.
Judging criteria:
- Creative use of images and words to convey clear messages on the
topic.
- Description of the techniques that can be used to select a baby’s
gender.
- A summary of the social and ethical issues involved.
- The ability to canvass the issues and present a conclusion within
the limited space available.
- The conclusion is related to the context of New Zealand society
and laws.
- References are provided.
Closing date:
Please send your powerpoint on CD in high resolution by
25th July
to:
Debbie Woodhall,
Royal Society of New Zealand,
PO Box 598
Wellington
or
Debbie Woodhall,
Royal Society of New Zealand,
4 Halswell Street,
Thorndon,
Wellington
Useful references:
Preconception gender selection for non-medical reasons - Ethics
Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine http://www.asrm.org/Media/Ethics/preconceptiongender.pdf
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Ethics
Committee opinion #360 Sex selection
http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/ethics/co360.pdf
Sex selection - From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_selection
The UK human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority - FAQs about sex
selection
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/en/1563.html
Pregnancy Info - Gender Selection
http://www.pregnancy-info.net/infertility_sex_selection.html
Male or Female, We Will Create Them: The Ethics of Sex Selection for
Non-Medical Reasons - David Heyd
http://www.ethical-perspectives.be/page.php?LAN=E&FILE=ep_detail&ID=90&TID=350
The Ethics of Sex Selection for Non-Medical Reasons: A Defence of
Common Sense - Antoon Vandevelde & Bart Engelen
http://www.ethical-perspectives.be/page.php?LAN=E&FILE=ep_detail&ID=91&TID=470
