Rebecca Bennett

Rebecca Bennett is a Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester. Her research, teaching and public engagement focus on reproductive ethics, prenatal and newborn screening (including whole-genome sequencing), consent and disability. She is also the author of the open-access book The Welfare of Future Children: Reproductive Ethics and Disability Screening (Bloomsbury, 2025), which seeks to bridge academic, clinical and public debates – a commitment that underpins all her work.