Prenatal testing: Does reproductive autonomy succeed in dispelling eugenic concerns?
Traditionally, two main rationales for the provision of prenatal testing and screening are identified: the expansion of women’s reproductive choices and the reduction of the burden of disease on society. With the number of prenatal tests available and the increasing potential for their widespread us...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Bioethics
Год: 2019, Том: 33, Выпуск: 8, Страницы: 958-964 |
| Индексация IxTheo: | NBE Антропология NCH Медицинская этика |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
reproductive autonomy
B Screening B prenatal B Eugenics B Testing |
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| Итог: | Traditionally, two main rationales for the provision of prenatal testing and screening are identified: the expansion of women’s reproductive choices and the reduction of the burden of disease on society. With the number of prenatal tests available and the increasing potential for their widespread use, it is necessary to examine whether the reproductive autonomy model remains useful in upholding the autonomy of pregnant women or whether it allows public health considerations and even eugenic aims to be smuggled in under the smokescreen of autonomy. In this article I argue that if we are serious about upholding women’s autonomy in the context of prenatal testing, what is needed is a model based on a more robust conception of reproductive autonomy, such as the one defended by Josephine Johnston and Rachel Zacharias as ‘reproductive autonomy worth having’. While Johnston and Zacharias put forward a basic outline of this conception, I apply it to the specific case of prenatal testing and show how it responds to objections levelled against the reproductive autonomy model. I argue that adopting this kind of conception is necessary to avoid fundamental challenges to women’s autonomy when it comes to prenatal screening and testing. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12602 |