LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Homosexuality genetic discovery

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:56

Description

Interview with Dr Richard Nicholson, Editor of the Bulletin of Medical Ethics, on the new discovery by American scientists that homosexuality can be passed genetically. And ethical concerns it raises over parents choosing abortion, calling for tightening of anti-abortion legislation. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Richard Nicholson

Keywords

Medical ethics; Abortion; Homosexuality; Discrimination; Scientific research; Gender minorities; Medical legislation; Genetics; Human genetics; Eugenics

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