Bioethics of New Assisted Reproduction

Laura Purdy, Wells College, New York, USA

Published online: March 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003479.pub2

New methods of assisted reproduction such as in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection raise important moral issues. These include informed consent and a variety of consequentialist and structural concerns.

Keywords: assisted reproduction; IVF; ICSI; reproductive technologies; genetics; ethics

 Further Reading
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    Blank R (1997) Assisted reproduction and reproductive rights: the case of in vitro fertilization. Politics and the Life Sciences 16: 279–288.
    book Cohen C (1996) New Ways of Making Babies: The Case of Egg Donation. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
    book Dooley D and McCarthy J (2002) The Ethics of New Reproductive Technologies: Cases and Questions. Oxford: Berghahn Books.
    Dresser R (2000) Regulating assisted reproduction. The Hastings Center Report 30: 26–27.
    book Overall C (ed.) (1993) "Access to in vitro fertilization: costs, care, and consent". Human Reproduction: Principles, Practices, Policies. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
    Roberts DE (1995) The genetic tie. The University of Chicago Law Review 62: 209–271.
    book Robertson J (1994) Children of Choice. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
    book Rothstein M, Murray TH, Kaebnick GE et al. (2005) Genetic Ties and the Family: The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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    book Walters W and Singer P (1982) Test Tube Babies. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

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Purdy, Laura(Mar 2008) Bioethics of New Assisted Reproduction. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003479.pub2]