How Safe Is Safe Enough? : Obligations to the Children of Reproductive Technology.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (278 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction to the Debate over Risky Technologies -- I: THE INTERESTS OF FUTURE CHILDREN -- 2. Future People Matter -- 3. Three Ways in Which Reproductive Conduct Can Cause Harm -- 4. The Duty to Use the Safest Procreative Method Available -- 5. Treatments Too Dangerous to Use Even as a Last Resort -- 6. Treatments That Endanger Embryos -- 7. Synthesis -- II: RECONCILING CONFLICTING INTERESTS -- 8. Constructing a Regulatory Framework That Respects Parental Liberty -- 9. An Introduction to Constitutional Limits on the Regulation of Reproduction -- 10. Substantive Due Process Doctrine -- 11. A Critique of the "Deeply Rooted" Test -- 12. The Constitutional Stature of Reproductive Technologies -- 13. The State's Interest in Protecting Future Children -- III: APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK -- 14. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection -- 15. Multiple Pregnancy -- 16. Cloning -- 17. Germ-line Genetic Engineering -- 18. Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
This book offers a roadmap for determining when and how to regulate risky reproductive technologies on behalf of future children. It starts by explaining our intuitive, but paradoxical, belief that reproductive choices can be both life-giving and harmful. Next, it recommends a case-by-case method for reconciling the interests of future children with the reproductive liberty of prospective parents. Finally, it applies this framework to four past and future medical interventions, including cloning and genetic engineering. Drawing lessons from these case studies, it criticizes the current lack of regulatory oversight.
9780199748013
Human reproductive technology - Moral and ethical aspects.