REPRODUCTIVE ETHICS Flashcards

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what are some arguments for allowing assisted reproductive technology?

A

procreative autonomy
welfare interests
childlessness can cause great distress to others
IVF can result in spare embryos which can be used in future/research

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what are some arguments against assistive reproductive technology?

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it is unnatural 
there are other options like adoption
an embryo is a potential human so should not be destroyed
opportunity for reproductive cloning
risk of multi pregnancy
expensive
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what is the argument ‘the right to an open future’?

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the most important thing is that children are born with a maximally open future

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