Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project
Internal Morality of Motherhood and Integrity of Physicians in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs)
Abstract
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)1 have posed significant new ethical challenges about the characteristics, meaning and values of creation of human life and human person, parenthood, medicine, and society. By increasing reliance on ARTs,2 human procreation may become a technological manufacturing project reflecting the interests of the parents-to-be guided by the physician.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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