Reproductive Technologies: from IVF to “designer babies” HSCI E137 Apr 20, 2011.

Reproductive Technologies: from IVF to “designer babies”

HSCI E137 Apr 20, 2011

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Melanie (seated) and Michael Thernstrom, with Violet and Kieran, and their gestational carriers, Fie (left) and Melissa

From the NY Times, Jan 2, 2011

A tale of two fertility treatments



Nadya Suleman, the “Octomom”From [email protected]

The ethics of egg and embryo use

• In IVF clinics

• In human embryonic stem cell research

• Sandel: “they stand or fall together”

Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)

• In vitro fertilization (with or without pre-implantation genetic diagnosis)– Choosing at the level of the gametes



Ad for egg donorsposted in Sever Hall





Above: from the Stanford Daily




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Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)

• In vitro fertilization (with or without pre-implantation genetic diagnosis)– Choosing at the level of the gametes– Status of social mother/parents– Gestational surrogacy– PGD: choosing at the level of the embryo

• What happens when range of traits screened for broadens?

• Prenatal fetal testing

The range of views

• Silver: pro-choice, pro-free market

• Sandel: critic of enhancement technologies; embryo as worthy of “respect”

• Hubbard: pro-choice feminist; genomania; disability rights critique

• Caplan: “baby making is not a business”

• Davis: child centered viewpoint

Reproductive Technologies: from IVF to “designer babies” HSCI E137 Apr 20, 2011.

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