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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="western" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:106%"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Why Your Movement Should Oppose Designer Babies - a mini-conference</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 9, 2022, 5-8 PM GMT online. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-your-movement-should-oppose-designer-babies-a-mini-conference-tickets-265126609827" target="_blank">here</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With Vandana Shiva, Donna Dickenson, Tina Stevens, Claire Robinson, Sarah Boone, Pete Shanks, Bob Phelps and others.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Organised by <a href="https://stopdesignerbabies.org/" target="_blank">Stop Designer Babies</a>, <a href="https://www.gen-ethisches-netzwerk.de/" target="_blank">Gen-ethisches Netzwerk </a>(Germany), <a href="http://www.humanebiotech.org/" target="_blank">Alliance for Humane Biotechnology</a> (USA), <a href="http://geneethics.org/" target="_blank">GeneEthics</a> (Australia).</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International scientists’ groups are pushing for the creation of genetically modified (GM) designer babies, and in 2023 there will probably be an attempt to legalise them in the <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clampdown-on-useless-ivf-extras-2xdtglq60" target="_blank">UK</a>. Although it’s clear that allowing GM babies would have harmful effects on human rights and basic human equality, some social movements have not yet taken up this issue. Our panel of speakers from feminist, anti-racist, disability rights, working class, and green movements will explain why all these movements must oppose designer babies.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This will be followed by a panel of international speakers that will explain why over 70 countries already ban GM babies. Only a global ban on the creation of cloned or GM designer babies will ensure that minorities and global society in general is protected from human genetic engineering. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Schedule of mini-conference</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5 - 5.30pm Introduction to basic technology and biology of GM babies</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.30 Break</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.35 - 6.45 Panel of feminist, anti-racist, disability rights, working class and environmental activists</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.45 Break</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.50 – 8.00 International panel on the need for a global ban</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-your-movement-should-oppose-designer-babies-a-mini-conference-tickets-265126609827" target="_blank">here</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information, or to be kept informed about SDB events, contact </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:info@stopdesignerbabies.org"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">info@stopdesignerbabies.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">See our </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Stopdesignerbabies/" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/Stop_D_B" target="_blank">Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="western"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To make a donation to SDB, click </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://stopdesignerbabies.org/donate/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>