ArticleMedicine, health care, and philosophy2020
Paternal consent in prenatal research: ethical aspects.
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- The Ethics of Clinical Research on Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn: Balancing Benefit-Risk, Autonomy, and Maternal-Fetal Interests.American journal of perinatology · 2026Review
- Bridging disciplinary siloes: a scoping review on the inclusion and exclusion of pregnant and lactating populations in clinical research.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Clinical Trials of Fetal Therapy With Continuing Neonatal Interventions: Legal Requirements and Customary Procedures Regarding Parental Consent. The BOOSTB4 Trial as a Case Study.Prenatal diagnosis · 2025Article
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- Fetal gene therapy.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2024Review
- Maternal-Fetal Drug Development: An Industry Perspective.Journal of clinical pharmacology · 2022Review
- Fetal and Maternal Safety Considerations for In Utero Therapy Clinical Trials: iFeTiS Consensus Statement.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2020Review
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Abstract
The role of mothers in prenatal research has been discussed extensively. Significantly less work has been done on the father's role. In this article, focusing on ethical issues, we seek to redress this imbalance. Examining the father's position in research conducted on pregnant women, we ask whether or not paternal consent ought to be required in addition to that of the pregnant woman. Having distinguished between different concepts of father and mother, we proceed by giving an overview of the reasons for requiring consent of the woman who is carrying the child. We then examine which of these reasons apply to the biological father, and show that some of them are relevant to the father. The case, roughly speaking, revolves around privacy issues, the father's future legal responsibilities, and the likelihood that he will care about the health and wellbeing of his future child. These factors in the decision problem should all be recognized, as should the fact that they can in principle be trumped by other considerations.
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