[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 27 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7111-7112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2543]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on March 
3-4, 2005

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 twentieth 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, assisted reproduction, reproductive genetics, IVF, 
ICSI, PGD, sex selection, inheritable genetic modification, 
patentability of human organisms, neuroscience, aging retardation, 
lifespan-extension, and organ procurement for transplantation. 
Publications issued by the Council to 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, March 3, 2005, from 9 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. ET; and Friday, March 4, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 
p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: The Sphinx Club, 1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 
Phone 202-898-1688.
    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, March 4. 
Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or 
organization. As a courtesy,

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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: February 7, 2005.
Yuval Levin,
Acting Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 05-2543 Filed 2-9-05; 8:45 am]
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