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Human Reproduction Update, Vol.9, No.4 pp.397-404, 2003
© European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 2003; all rights reserved

Ethics and Society

Evolving ethics in medically assisted reproduction

Guido Pennings1 and Guido de Wert2

1 Free University Brussels, Department of Philosophy, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium 2 Institute for Bioethics, University of Maastricht, P.O.Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Guido de Wert, Institute for Bioethics, University of Maastricht, P.O.Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. e-mail: G.deWert{at}IGE.unimaas.nl

Abstract

Ethical problems arising from the application of assisted reproductive technology are discussed for four specific areas, namely embryo research, multiple pregnancies, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for social sexing, and finally PGD with HLA typing.

Key words: embryo research / ethics / HLA typing / multiple pregnancies / preimplantation genetic diagnosis / social sexing


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