ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Jennifer Gunning's contributions in three areas: human fertilization and embryology, human cord blood banking and the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society. She was instrumental in developing the regulatory structures for the regulation of assisted reproduction that later became the template for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. In 1984 Jenny was working for the British Research Councils. Jenny became the secretary and administrator for the Voluntary Licensing Authority. As it turned out the government did not enact legislation in a speedy manner, and the VLA became the de facto regulator of assisted reproduction in the UK between 1985 and 1989. In 1990 the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act was passed and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority began work in 1991. Jenny was instrumental in setting up the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society in 2003 in collaboration with Andrew Grubb who was at that time Head of Cardiff Law School.
