title: What price parenthood?
abstract: Current reproductive technology challenges us to think seriously about social values surrounding childbearing. Thoughtful discussion must combine careful attention to the experience of pursuing parenthood by technological means with principled reflection on the morality of this pursuit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Religious Studies, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lauritzen
mesh_terms: D032981:Dehumanization; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D018579:Patient Selection; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D035761:Wedge Argument; D014933:Women's Rights