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Transcript of ‘Debating Deafness And Embryo Selection: Are...
Stop Eugenics! On the 9 April 2008, the Progress Educational Trust organised a debate in Cardiff, “Debating Deafness And Embryo Selection: Are We Undermining Reproductive Confidence In The Deaf Community?” This debate was primarily to focus on the merits of Clause 14(4)(9) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. This event was oversubscribed, and had a long [......
Tech Legal Culture Wed, Apr 23 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Disability Now Coverage
Stop Eugenics! Disability Now wrote a recent Editorial which can be seen here [PDF]. This compliments a recent article by Dr Steve Emery, in the same publication. Details of other media coverage can be found here and here. An updated list will follow shortly.
Audism Tech Legal Culture Mon, Apr 14 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Letter from WFD to the Department of Health
Stop Eugenics! The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) wrote a letter to the Department of Health over their concerns over section 14(4)(9) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HFEB). A copy of this letter can be found here [PDF]. It is good to get international support, and to get a wider frame of reference to [...]
Media Audism Tech Legal Culture Tue, Apr 08 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Department of Health response to 19 March meeting
Stop Eugenics! On 19 March representatives met the HFE Bill team at the Department of Health. The summary of this meeting can be found here in English and BSL. The Department of Health has since formally responded to points raised, in English here and a BSL translation: [See post to watch Flash video]
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Summary of meeting at the Department of Health
Stop Eugenics! Summary of meeting at the Department of Health to discuss Clause 14(4)(9) Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Attendees, genetics counsellors, Progress Educational Trust, British Deaf Association, Stop Eugenics, Department of Health Bill Team
Media Tech Legal Culture Tue, Apr 01 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Transcript: CBC Radio’s As It Happens
Stop Eugenics! The issue has now reached Canada - CBC Radio interviewed Tomato Lichy for the As It Happens programme, which was broadcast last night. Listen here (for a limited time). Many thanks to Mary Therese Durr for transcribing it below: Title: A deaf couple in England wants a second deaf child but the government won’t hear [...]
Media Language Audism Tech Legal Culture Tue, Mar 18 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Deaf People & Genetics: Media Coverage, Part 2
Stop Eugenics! Following this post, here's the second summary of coverage on this subject (from the past week): Radio: BBC Radio 5 Live: The Victoria Derbyshire Show, Transcript here, Discussion here and here BBC Radio 4: The Moral Maze, transcript and online discussion BBC World Service: Have Your Say, transcript, discussion, and transcript comment BBC Radio 4: Today, [.....
Media Tech Legal Culture Mon, Mar 17 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Transcript: BBC Radio 5 Live’s The Victoria Derbyshire Show
Stop Eugenics! Broadcast on Wednesday at 9am, this programme featured interviews with Tomato Lichy and Paula Garfield, the RNID's Jackie Ballard and David Blunkett, then a phone-in discussion, with quite a few phone calls from parents of deaf children and people who know Deaf people. Listen here. Discussions here and here. Big thanks to Claire [...]
Media Tech Culture Fri, Mar 14 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Transcript: Scottish Television’s The Five Thirty Show
Stop Eugenics! The British Deaf Association's Richard Jones was interviewed on Scottish Televisions' The Five Thirty Show on Wednesday. You can watch it here (link valid until Tuesday 18th March). Richard uses BSL but there are no subtitles - many thanks to Rachel Belk for transcripting it below: —- Male presenter (Stephen): Now, who would [...]
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Transcript: BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze
Stop Eugenics! Click here to read BBC Radio 4's own transcript of yesterday's broadcast of The Moral Maze, starring Dr Steve Emery.  Great to see an internal transcript at last!  Discussion here.
Media Audism Tech Legal Culture Thu, Mar 13 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Transcript: BBC World Service, Have Your Say
Stop Eugenics! Tonight BBC World Service, Have Your Say's broadcast touched on the subject of genetics and what this campaign has been about. It featured Dr. Anna Middleton. A full transcript is below, and a massive thank you to Sam Taylor for transcribing this. To the BBC: shame on yourselves, your a multi million [...]
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BBC Breakfast, Interview with Tomato Lichy and Paula...
Stop Eugenics! Here's a BSL/English Interpreted version of this morning's BBC Breakfast interview with Tomato Lichy and Paula Garfield: Hopefully the earlier interview with Jackie Ballard, CEO of RNID will be available online soon.
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Transcript: BBC Radio 4 Today, Lord Winston & Professor...
Stop Eugenics! Yesterday's BBC Radio 4's Today featured Lord Winston and Professor David Jones (note link will be inappropriate a week later, broadcast Tuesday 11 March 2008). Both discussed the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, with specific reference to wanting deaf babies. Below is a transcript, with thanks to Neil Corry (shame on the BBC [...]
Media Legal Culture Wed, Mar 12 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Deaf People & Genetics: Media Coverage
Stop Eugenics! Firstly, for those of you in the UK, tomorrow BBC Breakfast will air an interview with the RNID (7.10am) and also Tomato Lichy plus Paula Garfield (8.10am). Dr. Steve Emery will be appearing on BBC Radio 4, The Moral Maze (8.00-8.45pm). Irrespective of where you are located, you should be able to participate [...]
Media Tech Legal Culture Tue, Mar 11 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Transcript: BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, Deaf Babies
Stop Eugenics! BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show aired a programme on as a follow up to BBC Radio 4 Today this morning (see this blog post). You can listen to this programme here, and a full transcript of the programme has kindly been provided by Claire, of Team Hado. Shame on the BBC [...]
Media Audism Legal Culture Mon, Mar 10 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Transcript: The Right To be Deaf (BBC Radio Four)
Stop Eugenics! From today's Radio 4 Today programme (audio recording may not be available for readers accessing this page later on). [text on web page] The Right to be Deaf A new bill going through Parliament could mean embryos used in IVF treatment would have to be screened out if the child would be born deaf. [interview transcribed by Claire [...]
Media Audism Tech Legal Culture Mon, Mar 10 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Stop, by Yesenia Ballesteros
Stop Eugenics! By Artist Yesenia Ballesteros, with input from NTID Civil Rights and Deaf People classmates:
Audism Art and Storytelling Legal Tue, Feb 19 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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A question for the 12th April march organisers…
Stop Eugenics! ENGLISH TRANSLATION:Hello! I'm very happy to see British Deaf people finally taking action and organising a march in London on April 12th. This is great! However, I'd like to clarify what exactly the aim of this march is, please?You say you are marching against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, but what [...]
Legal Culture Fri, Feb 15 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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New Magazine: PlayGenes
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Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Jan 03 2008 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Intelligent Design
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Audism Tech Legal Fri, Dec 28 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year
Stop Eugenics! JOSEPH: Yes but did you have a PGD done first to check if he's got an abnormality or not? With thanx to Bob!
Audism Art and Storytelling Tech Culture Tue, Dec 25 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Not quite with the Times
Stop Eugenics! This blog post relates to this article in the Sunday Times. After four weeks in which a group of us have carefully investigated and analysed Clause 14 (4) (9) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, the Sunday Times covers the story in typically sensational fashion. The most unforeseen aspect of the article for those of us [...]
Media Audism Legal Culture Sat, Dec 22 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Sunday Times article & my communication with the Sunday...
Stop Eugenics! Today the Sunday Times is carrying an article on “Deaf demand the right to designer deaf children“, which is supposed to be an article on this campaign. Except it totally misrepresents what this campaign is about! We were predicting sensationalism, and misrepresentation in order to making hearing people choke on their cornflakes over breakfast, [...]
Media Audism Tech Legal Sat, Dec 22 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Beware The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill [Chiller]
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Higher Education Audism Tech Thu, Dec 20 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Beware Clause 14(4)(9)
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Press Release Letter
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Audism Tech Legal Thu, Dec 20 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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There Is No Gene For The Human Spirit!
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Art and Storytelling Thu, Dec 20 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Are Deaf Disabled??
Stop Eugenics! Do we consider ourselves as part of Disability Group? Yes and No!
Audism Legal Culture Thu, Dec 20 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Process of Deaf Embryos
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Art and Storytelling Thu, Dec 20 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Stephen Hawkings Clinical Waste?
Stop Eugenics! Again by the same anon contributor:
Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Dec 19 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Deaf Future?
Stop Eugenics! Artwork by the same anon:
Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Dec 19 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Would you trash Stephen Hawkings?
Stop Eugenics! Again created by the same anon:
Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Dec 19 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Art: HFEA Clinical Waste
Stop Eugenics! By the same anon contributor:
Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Dec 19 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Whos Playing God?
Stop Eugenics! Created by anon: Do you have any artwork you could share?
Audism Culture Tue, Dec 18 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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NDCS Statement on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology...
Stop Eugenics! The NDCS has produced a statement on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. The following is NDCS' response to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. The Bill Note: This statement relates to Clause 14 of this Bill, which states: (9) Persons or embryos that are known to have a gene, chromosome or mitochondrion abnormality involving a significant risk ...
Audism Tech Legal Sat, Dec 15 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Letter to British Embassy in Ireland, from John Bosco Conama
Stop Eugenics! A letter from Ireland, in support of our campaign: To the attention of His Excellency, Ambassador David Reddaway, I am writing to express my grave concern about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill by your Parliament. I have followed the concerns expressed by the British Deaf community and share their serious concerns about the future implications of [...]
Audism Tech Legal Sat, Dec 15 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Eugenics in Deaf History
Stop Eugenics! BSL of eugenics that has happened in Deaf History
Culture Thu, Dec 13 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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What is Eugenics in BSL
Stop Eugenics! The brief definition of Eugenics in BSL from Wikipedia
Language Thu, Dec 13 2007 hide this blog flag post Bookmark this Post bookmark post
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Clause 14 of Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill
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