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In this chapter, Lucy Frith explores the ethical issues associated with reproductive assistance technologies — technologies that aid conception — since the development of in vitro fertilization. She discusses not only whether reproductive assistance technologies are ethically acceptable, but whether people have a right to access to them. These topics intersect with issues such as whether infertility is a disease or condition to be treated, what it means to be a parent, and whether people have a right to reproduction. Frith also addresses ethical issues surrounding the practice of reproductive assistance, including payment for gamete donors and treatment of unused embryos.
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Frith, L. (2014). Reproductive Technologies: Ethical Debates. In: Sandler, R.L. (eds) Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137349088_5
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