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Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library) - Hardcover

Book 22 of 44: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library

Taylor-Sands, Michelle

 
9780415535717: Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415535719 ISBN 13: 9780415535717
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection impact on the identity of the child who is born? Are children who are selected for a particular purpose harmed or treated as commodities? How far should the state interfere with parents’ reproductive choices?

Currently, concerns about the welfare of the child in selective reproduction have focused on the individual interests of the child to be born. This book re-evaluates the welfare of the child through the controversial topic of saviour sibling selection. Drawing on relational feminist and communitarian ethics, Michelle Taylor-Sands argues that the welfare of the child to be born is inextricably linked with the welfare of his/her family. The author proposes a relational model for selective reproduction based on a broad conception of the welfare of the child that includes both individual and collective family interests. By comparing regulation in the UK and Australia, the book maps out how law and policy might support a relational model for saviour sibling selection.

With an interdisciplinary focus, Saviour Siblings: A Relational Approach to the Welfare of the Child in Selective Reproduction will be of particular interest to academics and students of bioethics and law as well as practitioners and policymakers concerned with the ethics of selective reproduction.

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About the Author

Michelle Taylor-Sands is a senior lecturer in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne and has advised the Victoria government on assisted reproductive treatment. Michelle is published in the field of saviour sibling selection and the welfare of the child to be born.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415535719
ISBN 13 
9780415535717
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
210