کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9335249 1256874 2005 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Gay science: assisted reproductive technologies and the sexual orientation of children
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی زنان، زایمان و بهداشت زنان
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Gay science: assisted reproductive technologies and the sexual orientation of children
چکیده انگلیسی
There are no technologies at the present time that would allow parents to select the sexual orientation of their children. But what if there were? Some commentators believe that parents should be able to use those techniques so long as they are effective and safe. Others believe that these techniques are unethical because of the dangers they pose to homosexual men and women in general. Both sides point to motives and consequences when trying to analyse the ethics of this question. These arguments are reviewed, and it is concluded that opponents of these technologies have not shown good reason why the law or policy should override parental choice in this matter. In general, therefore, if technologies become available to choose the sexual orientation of children, parents should be allowed to use them, provided they are safe and disrupt no interest of the child. This use will, at the very least, protect homosexual children from parents who do not want them, but it will also allow parents who want homosexual children to make that choice as well.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Reproductive BioMedicine Online - Volume 10, Supplement 1, 2005, Pages 102-106
نویسندگان
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