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Procreational Autonomy V. State Intervention: Opportunity Or Crisis For A Brave New World, George P. Smith Ii
Procreational Autonomy V. State Intervention: Opportunity Or Crisis For A Brave New World, George P. Smith Ii
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The new reproductive biology, in all its complexity, promises untold opportunities for resolving heart-breaking problems of infertility and will clearly expand the meaning of the very term, procreational autonomy, as a reference to both unmarried and married women. Still, the new biology presents equally untold problems for the physician, lawyer, ethicist, theologian and, for that matter, the average person. This article will consider, essentially, one major medical, legal, ethical and religious challenge of the new reproductive biology: in vitro fertilization (IVF).
The article will first survey the force of religion in shaping new attitudes and directions in this area and …