Should we - can we - regulate techniques to enhance children’s lives? Jonathan Montgomery Professor of Health Care Law

Education: an analogy Parental right: choice of ‘school’ but not whether to educate Tolerance of inequality –Curriculum requirements Sex and religious education –Inspectorates – quality guarantees Child protection issues –Parental neglect –Screening of adults

Reasons to Regulate Protection from harm –Dangerous techniques –Enhancements in the eye of the beholder? –Exploitation Of children? Of parents? Autonomy and identity –Playing God? Born and Born Again? Fairness Promotion of excellence

Spheres of Regulation Techniques –Definition, Displacement, Dispensation Service Providers –Licensing (direct and indirect) –Commercial and non-profit enterprises Contexts –Fair access –Competition rules

Can we…? Opportunistic regulation –Need for licensing People, places, products Private spheres and public resource –A blurry line? Indirect incentives

Should we…? Just a more efficient way of doing what we already try? Or A Frankenstein experiment? Not so much whether to regulate but how

Should we - can we - regulate techniques to enhance children’s lives? Jonathan Montgomery Professor of Health Care Law