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Meeting Point: Test-Tube Babies

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New methods-many already in use la animal husbandry-may make it possible to select and modify human 'breeding stock'. Even if not used to produce a super-race, some of these techniques may be applied in ways that present a number of new problems to doctors, psychologists, and the church.
Dr. Tom Margerison, Science Editor of The Sunday Times conducts an enquiry with Professor L. S. Penrose, Department of Biology, University of London, A Consultant Psychiatrist, The Rev. Kenneth Slack, General Secretary of the British Council of Churches.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr. Tom Margerison
Panellist:
Professor L. S. Penrose
Panellist:
A Consultant Psychiatrist [name uncredited]
Panellist:
The Rev. Kenneth Slack
Producer:
Peter Ferres

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