New reproductive and genetic technologies are providing people with the opportunity almost all over the world to have children. Variations in legislation across countries, however, are giving place to the phenomenon of cross-border reproductive care, where people cross international borders to access a variety of reproductive services fertility treatment, egg procurement, and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. This raises a host of ethical concerns about whether women’s rights and needs are appropriately respected.
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This event was organized by Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI), the sister organization of Bioethics Education International (BEI). The video clip features also dialogues in Romanian, as the interview was conducted by Romanian TV in New York (RTV NYC, (watch here)). The co-founder and executive director of GBI is Dr. Ana Lita, a native of Romania. Both Dr. Ana Lita and Dr. Charles Debrovner co-founded the two not-for-profit educational organizations.
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Dr. Charles Debrovner is a retired distinguished fertility expert and professor of OBGYN at NYU Langone Health. He is especially interested in ethical issues related to assisted reproductive technologies (ART), abortion, female genital mutilation, and cloning, within the framework of human reproductive rights. Dr. Debrovner serves as Honorary President of Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) and President of Bioethics Education International (BEI), and is an expert in medical-legal matters, residing in New York City.
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Speakers:
DAISY DEOMAMPO, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology at Fordham University; LESLIE MORGAN STEINER, blogger, public speaker, and author of Baby Chase and Crazy Love, which was the subject of the first TED Talk by a domestic violence survivor; BRIAN ESSER, lawyer and practitioner; ANA LITA, Ph.D., Executive Director of Global Bioethics Initiative.
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The Global Bioethics Initiative’s 2016 panel discussion report by the Romanian Television of New York (RTVNY) can be viewed here.
