Panel and Discussion
Wednesday, 12. October 2016 | 15:30 Uhr
Speaker
Reporting
Following Wednesday afternoon’s presentations, a discussion was held with the speakers, Professor Andreas Büchler und Valdo Pezzoli, MD, as well as Prof. Dr. Verena Briner, MD.
At the outset, the discussion focused on the question of arbitrariness in decisions about premature births because of the lack of clear boundaries for the decision-making process.
“Quite often, one does not know at all what consequences the interventions on the child will cause because we do not have any experience with the individual,” said Andrea Büchler.
Valdo Pezzoli stressed that the parents’ involvement with sensitive issues concerning premature births is much more intense than 20 years ago: “Back then, parents were not consulted for decisions.”
Later, the problem of ‘tourist trips’ to foreign pre-implantation clinics was discussed. Andrea Büchler feared that only wealthy couples can afford such a trip abroad: “Consequently, artificial reproduction becomes a privilege for the rich.”
To see the entire discussion on this topic, click on the video.
Discussion participants
Please click on their name below to see the speakers CV:
CV Andrea Büchler
CV Valdo Pezollli
Gehringer
Sandrine Gehringer was born 1991 in Zurich and studied philosophy, German and law in Zürich, Berlin, Munich and Bern. During her studies she was supported by the Swiss Study Foundation and the Max Weber Programme Bavaria.
She completed an internship at the “Department of Knowledge, Ethics and Research” at the WHO in Geneva. She wrote her master’s thesis at the University of Bern, “the moral justification of surrogacy – Why ethically for or against surrogacy?”
Since 2016 Sandrine Gehriger is journalist of the “NZZ campus”.
