International Network on Bioethics & Disability

There are more than 220 subscribers to the International Network on Bioethics and Diversity, and the coordinators would like to see more participation from non-English speaking countries and from traditionally marginalized groups in disability communities.

Currently, members of the Network include disability activists, researchers, scientists, civil rights lawyers and policy makers.

Following are some of the topics discussed during recent months: biotechnology and the Brave New World, prenatal testing and foetal mortality, environmental consequences of the sequencing of the human genome, reproductive rights for women with HIV/AIDS, the UK government report on genetic testing, genetic testing and discrimination in employment, genetic testing and discrimination in provision of life insurance, and the spectre of genetic therapies and germline engineering.

Network coordinators are Dr. Gregor Wolbring, founder, and Shelley Tremain, Ph.D., Co-principal Investigator, Genetic Counseling Project, Roeher Institute, Kinsmen Building, York University, Toronto.

To subscribe, go to www.egroups.com/subscribe/Bioethics and follow the instructions. Or send a blank email to bioethics-subscribe@egroups.com