[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64954-64955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24945]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on 
December 2-3, 2004

AGENCY: The President's Council on Bioethics, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Leon R. Kass, M.D., 
chairman) will hold its nineteenth meeting, at which, among other 
things, it will continue its discussion of ethical issues relating to 
the treatment of the aged, and end-of-life care. Subjects discussed at 
past Council meetings (though not on the agenda for the present one) 
include: cloning, stem cell research, embryo research, assisted 
reproduction, reproductive genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, sex selection, 
inheritable genetic modification, patentability of human organisms, 
aging retardation, lifespan-extension, and organ procurement for 
transplantation. Publications issued by the Council to

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date include: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 
2002); Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness 
(October 2003); Being Human: Readings from the President's Council on 
Bioethics (December 2003); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 
2004), and Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New 
Biotechnologies (March 2004).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, December 2, 2004, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET; and Friday, December 3, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: The Stephen Decatur House, 1610 H Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20002. Phone 202-842-0920.
    Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at http://www.bioethics.gov.
    Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in 
person or in writing. At this meeting, interested members of the public 
may address the Council, beginning at 11:30 a.m., on Friday, December 
3. Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or 
organization. As a courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director 
of Communications, in advance of your intention to make a public 
statement, and give your name and affiliation. To submit a written 
statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms. Gianelli at one of the addresses 
given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director of 
Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-4669. E-
mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: November 3, 2004.
Yuval Levin,
Acting Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 04-24945 Filed 11-8-04; 8:45 am]
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