[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 201 (Thursday, October 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59093-59094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on 
November 8-9, 2007

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, 
MD, Chairman) will hold its thirty-first meeting, at which it will 
continue (1) its inquiry into the ``crisis'' of the healing professions 
with expert presentations and Council discussions; and (2) its inquiry 
into the moral foundations of health care. Subjects discussed at past 
Council meetings (although not on the agenda for the November 2007 
meeting) include: Therapeutic and reproductive cloning, assisted 
reproduction, reproductive genetics, neuroscience, aging retardation, 
organ transplantation, newborn screening, human dignity, personalized 
medicine, and lifespan-extension. 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), Reproduction and ResponsibilityL: The Regulation of New 
Biotechnologies (March 2004), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent 
Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical 
Caregiving in Our Aging Society (September 2005). Reports on (a) the 
bioethical significance of the concept of human dignity, (b) 
controversies in the determination of death, and (c) organ procurement, 
transplantation, and allocation are forthcoming.

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, November 8, 2007, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m., ET; and Friday, November 9, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 11 
a.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street (at Pennsylvania Avenue), 
NW., Washington, DC 20004. Phone 202-638-5900.

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    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 10:45 a.m. on Friday, November 9. 
Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or 
organization. As a courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane M. 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 M. Gianelli, Director of 
Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, 1425 New York 
Avenue, NW., Suite C100, Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: 202/296-4669. 
E-mail: [email protected], Web site: http://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: October 10, 2007.
F. Daniel Davis,
Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 07-5145 Filed 10-17-07; 8:45 am]
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