Category Reproduction
Choice, not ‘Reflex’: Routine Prenatal Screening
Vardit Ravitsky warns that routine Non-invasive Prenatal Screening can undermine women’s reproductive autonomy and she calls for broad societal changes and policies that help promote individual choice.
The Impact of Ontario’s Publicly-funded IVF
Shawn Winsor describes the importance of surveying patients and providers regarding their experiences of Ontario’s new publicly-funded IVF program.
Human genome editing: We should all have a say
Françoise Baylis stresses that decisions about the modification of the human germline should not be made without broad societal consultation.
When Women are Surrogate Mothers: Is that work?
Alana Cattapan, Angela Cameron, and Vanessa Gruben warn that speaking about “compensation” is a way of avoiding difficult conversations about payment to surrogates.
Transferring Embryos with Genetic Anomalies
Jackie Leach Scully argues that respect for equality and diversity, and not just respect for the parental autonomy and the welfare of the future child, should inform policies governing the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
Impact Ethics 