Toward an Ethical Eugenics
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation
- Vol. 14 (1), 7-13
- https://doi.org/10.1097/nhl.0b013e318244c69b
Abstract
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis offers the possibility of screening and terminating embryos with severe and life-threatening disabilities. This article argues that under certain conditions, the use of this technology is not merely desirable as a means to reduce human suffering but also an ethically required duty of a parent to a potential child.Keywords
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