Health Sciences 2610F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Infant, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Somatic Cell
26 Mar 2017
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In 1973 the us supreme court recognized the right of women and their doctors to end pregnancies free from state restrictions. In vitro fertilization (ivf) allowed many couples to have children when they were unable to do so through natural biological means: baby m In 1985 ethical issues were raised regarding surrogate pregnancy: surrogacy showed that here could be a separation of genetic, gestational and social mothers. The mother who contributes the egg can be different form the mother who carries the child who could be different from the mother who raises the child. Therapeutic cloning involves cloning embryos to derive embryonic stem cells that might rejuvenate tissues and organs damaged from degenerative diseases. For conservatives a fetus has moral status because it is a human life. Judith thomson says that abortion is impermissible even in order to save the mothers life: no women is morally required to allow a fetus to develop to term.
