Sex selection and the procreative liberty framework.

Acting parentally: an argument against sex selection.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) recent restrictive recommendations on sex selection have highlighted the need for consideration of the plausibility of ethical arguments against sex selection. In this paper, the author suggests a parental virtues approach to some questions of reproductive ethics (including sex selection) as a superior alternative to an exclusively harm ...

Uterus transplantation: does procreative liberty encompass a right to gestate?

The latest innovation in the arena of assisted reproductive technologies is uterine transplantation (UTx), described as ‘a new type of quality of life enhancing, as well as a lifegiving transplantation’.2 The world’s first live birth of a child after uterus transplant occurred using a female living donor and recipient in Sweden in 2013.3 The primary purpose of UTx is to restore fertility in fem...

Liberalism and the limits of procreative liberty: a response to my critics.

Procreative Altruism: Beyond Individualism in Reproductive Selection

Existing debate on procreative selection focuses on the well-being of the future child. However, selection decisions can also have significant effects on the well-being of others. Moreover, these effects may run in opposing directions; some traits conducive to the well-being of the selected child may be harmful to others, whereas other traits that limit the child's well-being may preserve or in...

Assisted Reproductive Technology

Legal battles over same-sex marriage and technological developments in assisted reproduction have placed the question of the right of gays and lesbians to procreate on the public agenda. This article analyzes the extent to which rights of procreative liberty extend to the use of assisted reproductive techniques to have children and whether, if such rights exist, they can be denied to persons wh...