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41 UCLA L. Rev. 1581 (1993-1994)
Unnatural Selection: Nontherapeutic Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Proposed Regulation

handle is hein.journals/uclalr41 and id is 1605 raw text is: UNNATURAL SELECTION: NONTHERAPEUTIC PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING AND PROPOSED REGULATION Vicki 0. Norton* INTRODUCTION .............................................. 1582 I. SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND ................................... 1588 A. The Origin of Genetic Diseases and Genetic Diversity ........... 1588 B. Preimplantation Diagnosis ................................. 1592 II. SHOULD THE GENETIC SCREENING OF EMBRYOS BE REGULATED? ........ 1597 A. The Demand for Nontherapeutic Preimplantation Genetic Screening 1597 B. Moral Objections to Nontherapeutic Preimplantation Genetic Screening . ............................................ 1603 C. Instrumental Reasons for Banning Nontherapeutic PGS .......... 1610 III.LACK OF CURRENT REGULATION OF NONTHERAPEUTIC PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING ....................................... 1613 A. Federal Regulations on Fetal Experimentation .................. 1613 B. The Proposed Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification A ct of 1992 ............................................ 1614 C. State Laws Prohibiting Fetal Research ....................... 1616 D. Constitutionality of Statutes Prohibiting Nontherapeutic or Experimental Procedures . ............................. 1617 IV. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF REGULATION UNDER SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS 1619 A. The Right to Affirmative Procreation ........................ 1620 B. Defining the Parents' Interests ............................. 1621 1. The Parents' Interests Under Planned Parenthood v. Casey ...... 1623 a. The Parents' Interests in IVF ........................ 1624 b. The Parents' Interest in PGS ........................ 1628 C. The Standard of Review for the Right to IVF ................ 1629 1. The State Interest in the Potential Life of the Embryo ........ 1630 a. Legal Status of the Pre-embryo ....................... 1632 b. The Scientific Basis for the Status of the Pre-embryo ....... 1634 2. The Undue Burden Standard ........................... 1640 a. Prohibition of Nontherapeutic PGS-a Substantial Obstacle? . 1641 3. State Interests in Regulating PGS ....................... 1642 * Managing Editor, UCLA Law Review, Volume 41; J.D. UCLA School of Law, 1994; Ph.D. in Biochemistry, UC Davis, 1990. I would like to thank Professor Alison Anderson for her valuable guidance in writing this Comment. I would also like to thank Dennis Lamont for managing the editing of this Comment, and Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Colleen Yasukochi, Gregory Romero, and Elizabeth Foster for their editing assistance. Finally, I would like to thank my husband Frank, for his encouragement and steadfast patience, and my parents, Lin and Luana Gee for their support. 1581