Assisted reproductive technological blunders (ARTBs)

When things go wrong with assisted reproduction we should look at what’s best for everyone in the particular circumstances A RTBs, as we must now call them, are becoming more and more frequent. In the recent United Kingdom case (discussed in April JME1-3) Mr and Mrs A, a “white” couple, gave birth t...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: BMJ Publ. 2003
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 205-206
Online Access: Volltext (JSTOR)
Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1816125164
003 DE-627
005 20230427025723.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 220908s2003 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1136/jme.29.4.205  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1816125164 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1816125164 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Harris, John  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Assisted reproductive technological blunders (ARTBs) 
264 1 |c 2003 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a When things go wrong with assisted reproduction we should look at what’s best for everyone in the particular circumstances A RTBs, as we must now call them, are becoming more and more frequent. In the recent United Kingdom case (discussed in April JME1-3) Mr and Mrs A, a “white” couple, gave birth to twins described as “black”. The mix up apparently occurred because a Mr and Mrs B, a “black” couple, were being treated in the same clinic and Mrs A’s eggs were fertilised with Mr B’s sperm. Mr and Mrs A love the twins and wish to keep them and the facts seem to be that Mrs A is the genetic mother of the twins but her partner is not the genetic father. Under English law, in assisted reproduction, the woman who gives birth to the child is the legal mother and this is true also in cases of surrogacy. I think there is no doubt in this case that English law has taken the right path and that it would be unconscionable to contemplate taking a child away from the woman who had undergone the risks and pains of pregnancy and childbirth and the bonding process that goes along with that when she wishes to keep the child particularly when there is no substantial and pressing evidence that she would be an unsafe parent. I argued this in my book The Value of Life4 and I think it is still true. So in this case justice, morality, and decency are served by confirming Mr and Mrs A as the parents of the children. Since in English law there is some ambiguity over paternity and how that is to be assigned and since Mr A is apparently not the genetic father, I think it is important … 
601 |a Technologie 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Journal of medical ethics  |d London : BMJ Publ., 1975  |g 29(2003), 4, Seite 205-206  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)323607802  |w (DE-600)2026397-1  |w (DE-576)260773972  |x 1473-4257  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:29  |g year:2003  |g number:4  |g pages:205-206 
856 |3 Volltext  |u http://www.jstor.org/stable/27719070  |x JSTOR 
856 |u https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/29/4/205.full.pdf  |x unpaywall  |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang  |h publisher [open (via free pdf)] 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.29.4.205  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u http://jme.bmj.com/content/29/4/205.abstract  |x Verlag  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4185579004 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1816125164 
LOK |0 005 20220908053348 
LOK |0 008 220908||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-08-02#C600665D8431FD2F2E5EB8FE74E501FF848EC6F6 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 866   |x JSTOR#http://www.jstor.org/stable/27719070 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixrk  |a zota 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw