Michelle Taylor-Sands

The Discriminatory Legal Barrier of Partner Consent in Victorian ART Law: EHT18 v Melbourne IVF

Michelle M Taylor-Sands

Journal article  |  2019  |  Medical Law Review

In September 2018, the Federal Court of Australia found that a Victorian woman did not need her estranged husband's consent to und..

Comparing Non-Medical Sex Selection and Saviour Sibling Selection in the Case of JS and LS v Patient Review Panel: Beyond the Welfare of the Child?

Malcolm K Smith, Michelle Taylor-Sands

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

The national ethical guidelines relevant to assisted reproductive technology (ART) have recently been reviewed by the National Hea..

Removing Donor Anonymity: What Does it Achieve? Revisiting the Welfare of Donor-Conceived Individuals

M Taylor-Sands

Journal article  |  2018  |  University of New South Wales Law Journal

On 1 March 2017, all donor-conceived individuals (‘DCIs’) in Victoria were given an unfettered legal right to access identifying i..

Legality of Embryonic Gene Editing in Australia

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of law and medicine

The CRISPR-cas9 genome editing system (CRISPR) has been used to make precise and heritable changes to a diverse range of animals. ..

Navigating Assisted Dying in Victoria: The Legalisation of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria raises Ethical, Legal and Policy Challenges

Carolyn Johnston, Michelle Taylor-Sands, Chris Gyngell, Paula O'Brien

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

Victoria is the first state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying. The Premier, Daniel Andrews, has described the law..

Non-Medical Sex Selection in Australia: Public Views and Bioethical Concerns

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Malcolm Smith, Harriet Fraser, Michelle King

Journal article  |  2018  |  QUT Law Review

In 2017, following an extensive review of its ethical guidelines on assisted reproductive technology (ART), the Australian Nationa..

Gene-Edited Babies: What does the law allow in Australia?

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Chris Gyngell

Journal article  |  2018

Recent claims that Chinese twins have been born with intentionally modified genomes mean the legislation governing this controvers..

Boy or Girl: Should we be able to choose?

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Malcolm Smith

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

Non-medical sex selection for IVF babies is banned in Australia, but the legislation is blurry and confusing for parents, doctors ..

Non-Medical Sex Selection: Sliding Down the Slippery Slope?

M Taylor-Sands

Book Chapter  |  2017

Response to ‘A relational approach to Saviour Siblings?’ by Selgelid

Michelle Taylor-Sands

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Medical Ethics