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MEDIA WATCH: A Cacophonous Din of Ignorance & A Sane Voice [More Linx]

This is an updated list of linx pointing to discussions and opinion pieces about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, and Clause 14 (4) (9).

Once again, thanx to G.O.D. [nee Alison Bryan] for her tireless work.

They are provided for your delectation, and hope that you are inspired to respond to some of the more insidious comments. A Better organised list can be found at Deaf People & Genetics: Media Coverage

1. STOP EUGENICS [For transcripts and the information about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill]
2. The Right To Remain Silent
3. Transcript: BBC Radio 4 Today, Lord Winston & Professor Jones
4. Genetics: BBC Radio Transcript Links [G.OD.s own blog]
5. Deaf Activists Bill and “Designer babies” storm
6. The Moral Maze this week
7. Catholic pressure on fertility bill
8. The Right to be Deaf: Interview with Tomato Lichy, Today, BBC Radio 4, 10 March 2008
9. Hearing Beethoven
10. Computus - the way we decide when Easter is..
11. You’re deaf, not retarded
12. Of course a deaf couple want a deaf child
13. Choosing a deaf baby is criminal
14. ‘Creating a deaf child IS immoral and no parent should be allowed to choose this for their child’
15. Props to John Humphries on the deaf issue
16. Couple who want deaf child using embryos
17. Selecting for deaf children seems crazy to me
18. Couple who want deaf child angry at IVF ban - Daily Telegraph
19. Eugenics Too Close To Home: Tomato Lichy, U.K. Activist
20. Ethics and embryology - should deaf parents be allowed to choose a deaf child?
21. More on ‘the right to be deaf’
22. Deaf Babies
23. Is deafness a disability?
24. UK IVF Couple Wants Deaf Child
25. Should Deaf Parents Have a Deaf Child?
26. Reverse Eugenics
27. A deaf child - not your right to choose
28. Response to John Humphries
29. Designing Disability.
30. blind to common sense
31. Controversy in the UK
32. Eugenics in UK: the debate suddenly takes off and hots up!
33. Is it wrong to select a deaf embryo?
34. Is it wrong to try to have a deaf child?
35. Some ‘gifts’ one is better off without
36. Couple who want deaf child angry at IVF ban
37. Deaf Babies
38. This couple want a deaf child. Should we try to stop them?
39. Life Links 3/10/08
40. Deafness Is A Disability
41. This Couple Wants A Deaf Child Should We Stop Them?
42. “Where pro-choice feminism collides with disability rights”
43. Should parents be able to choose a deaf baby?
44. Artificial Sperm to be Allowed for Babymaking
45. Wanted: Another deaf child
46. Not Worthy
47. At The Crossroads Of Eugenics And Solipsism
48. This Couple Want A Deaf Child Should We Stop Them?
49. Women’s Hour: Should deaf parents be allowed to have a deaf child?
50. Questions, Questions: Deafness

Further Reading:
‘I hoped our baby would be deaf’
Designing Babies
This Couple Want A Deaf Child. Should We Try To Stop Them?
This Couple Want A Deaf Child. Should We Try To Stop Them?
Hearing People Demand The Right To Self Designed Babies
Children Demand Right To Not Stupid Parents
Deaf Demand Right To Designer Deaf Children
Deaf Parents Demand Right To Deaf Children
Deaf Demand Right To Designer Deaf Children
Engineering Deaf Babies For Deaf Couples US and Britain Debate The Selection Of Deaf Embryos and Adopted Children
Deaf Demand Right To Designer Deaf Children
Deaf Demand Right To Designer Deaf Children
The Last Deafie Signing!
Media Watch: Hearing People Still Don’t Get It! Part Two
Media Watch: Hearing People Still Don’t Get It!
Not quite with the Times
Sunday Times article & my communication with the Sunday Times

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