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  1. Parental procreative obligation and the categorisation of disease: the case of cystic fibrosis.Gabriel T. Bosslet - 2011 - Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (5):280-284.
    The advent of prenatal genetic diagnosis has sparked debates among ethicists and philosophers regarding parental responsibility towards potential offspring. Some have attempted to place moral obligations on parents to not bring about children with certain diseases in order to prevent harm to such children. There has been no rigorous evaluation of cystic fibrosis in this context. This paper will demonstrate cystic fibrosis to have unique properties that make it difficult to categorise among other diseases with the goal of promulgating a (...)
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  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: a step by step guide to recent Italian ethical and legislative troubles.E. Turillazzi & V. Fineschi - 2008 - Journal of Medical Ethics 34 (10):e21-e21.
    Objective: To analyse legislation and medical professionals’ position concerning the doctor’s role in assisted reproduction techniques in Italy, and to discuss the implications for physicians of preimplantation genetic diagnosis .Background: Until recently a strict interpretation of the assisted reproduction law and the guidelines subsequently issued, lead to denying infertile couples affected by genetic diseases the right to resort to PGD. In October 2006 the Constitutional Court ruled regarding the question of the constitutional legitimacy of the prohibition of PGD.Discussion: The Constitutional (...)
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  • Frykten for et samfunn uten Downs syndrom.Berge Solberg - 2008 - Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics 1 (1):33-52.
    Det er muligens ikke lenger et spørsmål om, men når mennesker med Downs syndrom ikke lenger finnes blant oss. Moderne medisinsk teknologi brukt i masseundersøkelser av gravide, tilsier at det nesten ikke behøver å bli født mennesker med Downs syndrom i fremtiden. I den politiske debatten i flere av de nordiske landene er dette kontroversielt. Det handler om et samfunn der det er plass til alle, hevdes det. På samme tid tas moderne genteknologi i bruk for bl.a. å forhindre at (...)
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  • Parenthood and Procreation.Tim Bayne & Avery Kolers - forthcoming - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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