Reproduction: Whose right to choose?

Should decisions about abortion, IVF treatment and sex selection be a matter for parents and ultimately the women involved or is there more to it? This glimpse of a debate at the Battle of Ideas festival, supported by the Welcome Trust and British Pregnancy Advisory Service is really revealing. The expert line up of great speakers are: Professor Peter Braude, head of department, Women's Health, King's College London; director, Centre for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital; Ann Furedi, chief executive, British Pregnancy Advisory Service; Professor Sally Sheldon professor of law, Kent Law School, University of Kent; co-author, Fragmenting Fatherhood: a socio-legal study. The chair is Tony Gilland, science and society director, Institute of Ideas; director, Institute of Ideas & Pfizer Debating Matters competition.

Recommended links:

• Battle of Ideas website
• Article by Ellie Lee: The Demoralisation of a woman's right to choose
• Article by Ann Furedi: Making Choice Easier
• Article by Stephanie Saul: Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood
• Article by Jennie Bristow: One family's tragedy, not a political indicator