Ethics in Reproductive Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Embryo Therapy: What Can Be Done?

   • P. R. Braude

   Pages 1-9

3. Embryo Therapy: Is There a Clinical Need?

   • M. E. Pembrey

   Pages 11-20

4. Embryo Therapy: The Philosopher’s Role in Ethical Debate

   • Mary Warnock

   Pages 21-31

5. The Rights of the Pre-embryo and Fetus to In-vitro and In-vivo Therapy

   • Joseph G. Schenker

   Pages 33-45

6. Respect for Life: Embryonic Considerations

   • Lord Jakobovits

   Pages 47-48

7. Maternal-Fetal Conflict: Pregnant Drug Addicts

   • Bonnie Steinbock

   Pages 49-58

8. Expanding Human Populations and Their Ecosystems

   • Maurice King, James Thornton

   Pages 59-69

9. Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries

   • Pramilla Senanayake

   Pages 71-85

10. The Nature of Love

    • Malcolm Potts

    Pages 87-104

11. The Ethics of Sexual Restraint

    • Peter Byrne

    Pages 105-114

12. Clinical Research and the Consumer

    • Leonie Somorjay

    Pages 115-121

13. Is It Ethical To Be Efficient?

    • J. Hutton, A. K. Maynard

    Pages 123-132

14. Screening and Discriminating: Resource Implications of the New Technology

    • W. R. Sheaff

    Pages 133-144

15. Epidemiology of Induced Abortion

    • S. L. Barron

    Pages 145-160

16. The Complex Problem of Abortion

    • Peter Millican

    Pages 161-188

17. Toleration in the Abortion Debate

    • Jennifer C. Jackson

    Pages 189-200

18. Tolerance: Virtue or Vice?

    • D. W. Brown

    Pages 201-209

19. Are There Moral Authorities?

    • R. M. Hare

    Pages 211-223

20. Back Matter

    Pages 225-228

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Medical ethics is a difficult and controversial field and that part of it dealing with reproductive medicine is no exception. Our first conference on philosophical ethics in reproductive medicine (PERM 1) in 1988 discussed many of the controversies in this field. The acclaim it received encouraged us to organise PERM 2 but choosing a relevant and topical programme was a clairvoyant challenge in its own right. Since PERM 1 we have seen a number of developments, in the UK and internationally, that have thrown the problems that society must face into sharp relief. Drawing on the expertise of contributors from science, many medical specialities, philosophy, theology and economics, we have sought to address the issues raised by these new developments, as well as a number of long-standing issues that remain as contentious as ever, but of undiminished significance. On the scientific front, the long-predicted technique of embryo biopsy and diagnosis is now a reality. This has prompted the inclusion of some of the topics addressed by this second conference.

• Embryo
• ethics
• fetus
• reproductive medicine

• University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

  David R. Bromham

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunderland District General Hospital, Sunderland, UK

  Maureen E. Dalton

• Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

  Jennifer C. Jackson, Peter J. R. Millican

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