Lady Warnock Obituary

The philosopher Mary Warnock, who has died aged 94, is most remembered for chairing the committee of inquiry into human fertilisation that laid down guidelines on embryo research and surrogate motherhood. She became a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, was a vociferous member of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (1973-81), wrote Imagination (1976) and three books on education in the late 70s, and from 1974 to 1978 chaired a committee of inquiry to debate the rights to education of what were then called “handicapped” children. For all her down-to-earth brusqueness, Warnock was shocked when fellow members of this committee dubbed severely disabled children “vegetables”.

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