Who gets born? Pre-birth testing

Toi te Taiao: the Bioethics Council has completed its project on pre-birth testing and reported its findings to government. The report “Who gets born? A report on the cultural, ethical and spiritual issues raised by pre-birth testing” is now available.

Minister Nanaia Mahuta's speech at the launch of the Who Gets Born? report [18 June 2008]

Media release: Who gets born? Advice to government on new biotechnologies [19 June 2008]

The Council used a form of deliberative dialogue for this project. The stages were

1. a public framing of the issue
2. the public deliberation
3. evaluation of the process

The Council would like to thank the hundreds of people who took part in the public framing and face-to-face and on-line deliberation.

Resources you can use to explore pre-birth testing include:

• a brochure about pre-birth testing issues
• “Who gets born?" Pre-birth testing choicebook
• stories and ideas about pre-birth testing submitted by New Zealanders
• transcripts of pre-birth testing on-line deliberation groups

More information

If you would like any further information about this project or deliberative dialogue, please email info@mfe.govt.nz or phone our Programme Leader, John Pennington, at (04) 439 7673.

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