BBC Radio Wales’ programme Good Morning Wales broadcast a debate on genetics on Wednesday 9th April 2008, at approxtimately 8:40am. Here’s a transcript, with thanks to Claire from TeamHado.
Rhun ap Iowerth – Now you might assume that if deaf people have children, they’d hope that their hearing would be normal. However, you might be wrong. There’s an intriguing debate going on at the moment over whether such parents should be able to choose if their child is deaf or not.
Bethan Rhys Roberts – well, a clause in the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill going through Parliament at the moment would mean embryos used in IVF treatment would have to be screened out if the ...