Not only are increasingly less people having children in Switzerland, but they are also having them later and more and more frequently with medical and technological support. Some procedures such as egg freezing are allowed in Switzerland, others – such as surrogacy – are not. Due to the rapid progress in the field of reproductive medicine and the changes in society, questions will have to be asked: What should be allowed, what not, and why? What are the opportunities and risks of this development and individual procedures for the individual, the family and society? What social effects, ethical problems and legal issues arise from the further development of reproductive medicine? Learn more about modern reproductive medicine technologies such as egg donation, the selection of embryos after pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and gene editing and discuss with researchers from the University of Zurich’s University Research Priority Program (URPP) “Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R”.

Panelists:

• Prof. Dr. Andrea Büchler, Director URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R, Professor, Chair for Private and Comparative Law University of Zurich, President of the National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics (NCE)
• Prof. Dr. Michael Coors, Professor for Theological Ethics, Head of the Institute of Social Ethics, University of Zurich
• Prof. Dr. Tanja Krones, Head Clinical Ethics University Hospital Zurich at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich
• Prof. Dr. Brigitte Leeners, Professor, Chair for Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Director Clinic for Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospital Zurich
• Anne Weyden, Corporate Communications (ETH Zurich), Moderation