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Woman's Hour: The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story

The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, The Killing Kind author Jane Casey, AI in IVF treatment, The Knock - Evie's story

Jane Casey on the new TV show of her novel The Killing Kind, plus actor Emma Appleton.

Crime author Jane Casey joins Nuala McGovern to talk about a new six part TV adaptation of her best selling book The Killing Kind. The legal thriller starring Emma Appleton has themes such as stalking and coercion as she plays a lawyer who tries to rebuild her life after getting too close to a former client. Emma also joins Nuala in the studio.

In the second part of our series The Knock, Jo Morris talks to a woman we are calling Evie who chose to stand by and support her brother after he pleaded guilty to sex offences against children. Why did she make that decision and what has it cost her?

Some British women are now being offered IVF treatment using artificial intelligence. The software is used to help select the best embryo for implantation.  So how might AI improve the chances of a successful pregnancy?  Nuala is joined by Suzanne Cawood, Director of Embryology at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, a private clinic in London, which has been using AI and offering it as an 'add-on' to patients.  We also hear the regulator the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's position on such practices.

In a historic ruling, the Mexican Supreme Court has decriminalised abortion at the federal level.  The two leading candidates in next year’s elections in will both be women, meaning that Mexico expects to have its first ever female leader.  So, is the country having a feminist revolution? Nuala speaks to Daniela Philipson-Garcia, a PhD scholar and specialist on Mexico's gender policies.

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