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use of this potent technology. Over the coming months, the Center will organize meetings across the country to discuss PGD and actively seek out the informed attitudes and policy preferences of a representative sample of Americans. The Center will also convene meetings of stakeholders and experts in order to gain their feedback and input. The Center will then use input from all these sources to refine our PGD policy options and issue a complete set of options and public opinion data for consideration by policy makers.

The Center does not advocate for or against preimplantation genetic diagnosis or a particular policy approach. Instead, the Center is committed to providing objective information and analysis and encouraging an informed dialogue among a diverse array of interests. The goal is to ensure that policy decisions, even decisions to maintain the status quo, have been undertaken with a clear-eyed understanding of their potential impact.

In developing the options, the Center was aided by its Reproductive Genetics Advisory Committee.

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Contact: Rhoda Washington
rwashi10@jhu.edu
202-663-5979
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
8-Jan-2004

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