Reproduction, Technology, and Rights

Download or read book Reproduction, Technology, and Rights written by James M. Humber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reproduction, Technology, and Rights, philosophers and ethicists debate the central moral issues and problems raised by today's revolution in reproductive technology. Leading issues discussed include the ethics of paternal obligations to children, the place of in vitro fertilization in the allocation of health care resources, and the ethical implications of such new technologies as blastomere separation and cloning. Also considered are how parents and society should respond to knowledge gained from prenatal testing and whether or not the right to abort should relieve men of the duty to support unwanted children. Reproduction, Technology, and Rights illuminates the moral and ethical choices that our society faces because of advances in reproductive technology and helps to make those decisions better informed.