Autonomous Choice and the Right to Know One's Genetic Origins

In “The Ethics of Anonymous Gamete Donation: Is There a Right to Know One's Genetic Origins?,” Inmaculada de Melo-Martín deconstructs the interests the right is supposed to protect. She argues that these interests are not set back or thwarted when one has no access to one's genetic origins...

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Main Author: Ravitsky, Vardit (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 36-37
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