V\u00e9ronique Fournier, Denis Berthiau, Julie d\u2019Haussy, Philippe BatailleIs there any ethical justification for limiting the reproductive autonomy and not make assisted reproductive technologies available to certain prospective parents? We present and discuss the results of an interdisciplinary clinical ethics study concerning access to assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in situations which are considered as ethically problematic in France (overage or sick parents, surrogate motherhood). The study focused on the arguments that people in these situations put forward when requesting access to ART. It shows that requester\u2019s arguments are based on sound ethical values, and that their legitimacy is at least as strong as that of those used by doctors to question access to ART. Results reveal that the three implicit normative arguments that founded the law in 1994, which are still in force after the bioethics law revision in July 2011\u2014the welfare of the child, the illegitimacy of a \u201cright to a child,\u201d and the defense of the so called \u201csocial order\u201d\u2014are challenged on several grounds by requesters as reasons for limiting their reproductive autonomy. Although these results are limited to exceptional situations, they are of special interest insofar as they give voice to the requesters\u2019 own ethical concerns in the ongoing political debate over access to ART.<\/p>\n
(avec Denis Berthiau, V\u00e9ronique Fournier et Julie d’Haussy), \u00ab Access to assisted reproductive technologies in France : the emergence of the patients \u2018voice\u2019 \u00bb, in Medical Healthcare and Philosophy, February 2013, Volume 16, issue 1, p. 55-68.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
V\u00e9ronique Fournier, Denis Berthiau, Julie d\u2019Haussy, Philippe BatailleIs there any ethical justification for limiting the reproductive autonomy and not make assisted reproductive technologies available to certain prospective parents? We present and discuss the results of an interdisciplinary clinical ethics study concerning access to assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in situations which are considered as ethically problematic… <\/p>\n