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8512645

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Unlike medically assisted conception, the issue of the impact on women of reproductive genetic testing has been characterized by the emergence of a more 'relativist' position. This relativist position is grounded in the understanding of the universality of problems arising from human genetics. An analysis of the major reports emanating from different European countries will demonstrate that the discussion regarding the impact of medically assisted conception and reproductive genetic testing on women is often incidental and secondary. There are similarities and differences in the issues raised in the evaluation of both these technologies. Similarities, in their experimental character, the concomitant social pressure, the myth of the perfect child and the increased medicalization. Differences, in the inherent responsibility or guilt accompanying genetic testing, the timing of choices, the possibility of sex selection, the use and control of genetic information, the sense of intergenerational responsibility and the current qualification of such genetic testing as medical and diagnostic as opposed to a technology of 'convenience' as was often the case with the treatment of infertility. In contrast to the European reports, the work of the Canadian Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies has as its primary focus the impact of both these technologies on women, children and society.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1015-3837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Reproductive genetics: Canadian and European perspectives.
pubmed:affiliation
Center of Research in Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Que., Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review