ArticleJournal of medical ethics1999
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and the 'new' eugenics.
Article in Journal of medical ethics, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Everything in moderation, even hype: learning from vaccine controversies to strike a balance with CRISPR.Journal of medical ethics · 2017Article
- Public Perceptions of Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) in Malaysia.Science and engineering ethics · 2017Article
- Religious Scholars' Attitudes and Views on Ethical Issues Pertaining to Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) in Malaysia.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2016Article
- Prenatal screening, reproductive choice, and public health.Bioethics · 2015Article
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: does age of onset matter (anymore)?Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2009Article
- "Eugenics talk" and the language of bioethics.Journal of medical ethics · 2008Article
- Just diagnosis? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and injustices to disabled people.Journal of medical ethics · 2005Article
- Molecular diagnostics in preimplantation genetic diagnosis.The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD · 2002Review
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis in clinical practice.Journal of medical genetics · 2002Review
- Consumerism in prenatal diagnosis: a challenge for ethical guidelines.Journal of medical ethics · 2000Article
- Should doctors intentionally do less than the best?Journal of medical ethics · 1999Article
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Abstract
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PID) is often seen as an improvement upon prenatal testing. I argue that PID may exacerbate the eugenic features of prenatal testing and make possible an expanded form of free-market eugenics. The current practice of prenatal testing is eugenic in that its aim is to reduce the numbers of people with genetic disorders. Due to social pressures and eugenic attitudes held by clinical geneticists in most countries, it results in eugenic outcomes even though no state coercion is involved. I argue that technological advances may soon make PID widely accessible. Because abortion is not involved, and multiple embryos are available, PID is radically more effective as a tool of genetic selection. It will also make possible selection on the basis of non-pathological characteristics, leading, potentially, to a full-blown free-market eugenics. For these reasons, I argue that PID should be strictly regulated.
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