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Saviour Siblings and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Saviour Siblings and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Harm, Ethics and Law

Saviour Siblings and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Saviour Siblings and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology book

Harm, Ethics and Law
ByMalcolm K. Smith
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 17 June 2019
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315607665
Pages 240
eBook ISBN 9781315607665
Subjects Health and Social Care, Humanities, Law
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Smith, M.K. (2015). Saviour Siblings and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology: Harm, Ethics and Law (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315607665

ABSTRACT

Advances in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) have been revolutionary. This book focuses on the use of ARTs in the context of families who seek to conceive a matching sibling donor as a source of tissue to treat an existing sick child. Such children have been referred to as 'saviour siblings'. Considering the legal and regulatory frameworks that impact on the accessibility of this technology in Australia and the UK, the work analyses the ethical and moral issues that arise from the use of the technology for this specific purpose. The author claims the only justification for limiting a family's reproductive liberty in this context is where the exercise of reproductive decision-making results in harm to others. It is argued that the harm principle is the underlying feature of legislative action in Western democratic society, and as such, this principle provides the grounds upon which a strong and persuasive argument is made for a less-restrictive regulatory approach in the context of 'saviour siblings'. The book will be of great relevance and interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the fields of law, ethics, philosophy, science and medicine.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|8 pages

Conceiving Saviour Children: Technological Advances, Ethical Concern and Legitimate Regulatory Oversight?

chapter 2|44 pages

The Regulatory Landscape Relevant to Assisted Reproductive Technology

chapter 3|30 pages

Regulating Access to and the Delivery of Pre-implantation Tissue-typing Services

chapter 4|24 pages

Liberty and Reproductive Decision-Making

chapter 5|22 pages

The Harm Principle as a Means for Justifying State Intervention and Regulation

chapter 6|38 pages

Creating Saviour Children: What is the Harm?

chapter 7|16 pages

Creating Saviour Children: The Wider Ethical and Moral Arguments

chapter 8|24 pages

Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technology Services for the Creation of Saviour Children: A Way Forward

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