The technology, law, and ethics of in vitro fertilization, gamete donation, and surrogate motherhood.
This article examines some of the legal, ethical, and policy issues raised by the development and use of technologies for noncoital reproduction: gamete transfer and manipulation, in vitro fertilization, and zygote transfer and manipulation. After briefly describing these technologies, this article examines three closely related concerns raised by their introduction: (1) the effect of new technologies on the social understanding of parenthood and the legal regulation of the family; (2) the impact on women and children of a market in the material and services for producing children; and (3) the rights and interests involved in conflicts over the control and disposition of extrauterine embryos.
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Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park.
Wachbroit
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D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D010063:Ovum; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D013094:Spermatozoa; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D014019:Tissue Donors