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What Price Parenthood?
Author(s) -
Lauritzen Paul
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562619
Subject(s) - morality , reflection (computer programming) , reproductive technology , psychology , sociology , environmental ethics , social psychology , positive economics , political science , economics , law , pregnancy , philosophy , computer science , lactation , biology , genetics , programming language
Current reproductive technology challenges us to think seriously about social values surrounding childbearing. Thoughtful discussion must combine careful attention to the experience of pursuing parenthood by technological means with principled reflection on the morality of this pursuit.