“So much of medicine is about maintaining the status quo, but reproductive medicine exists to diagnose and treat the cases of infertility. I love that the end goal is to help men and women become parents,” she…
Helen Sedgwick, author of the article “Artificial Wombs could soon be a reality. What will this mean for women?” states that the use of artificial wombs will provide great medical benefits, and believes that this technological development could change the way people view reproduction (par.1). The author brings up the fact that by using artificial wombs, it would not only be saving prematurely born fetuses, but also helping older and infertile couples reproduce, while giving transgender and gay people “new fertility options” (par. 5). By using these wombs, Sedgwick believes that the wombs could be a replacement to pregnancy, making it safer than the traditional way of giving birth.…
In “IVF: The Simple Case” an infertile married couple use IVF to create embryos which are implanted into the wife’s womb. The ethics of this technology is called into question by Singer who examines the seven objections to IVF. This paper will focus on the objection that IVF is a frivolous luxury (Singer, 1987, p. 412-13). I will argue that IVF is not a frivolous luxury, couples have a right to reproduction and IVF is simply a method to combat infertility. IVF is short for in vitro fertilization which is a medical treatment for infertility.…
In today’s world when women are incapable of having a child or just don’t want to bear their own use a surrogate. In most people's eyes this is wrong because in our society it’s the expectation that you bear your own child. In spite of the fact in the article “Reproductive Rights” it’s stated that “The infinite number of possibilities only compound the ethical and moral dilemmas encountered during the implementation of surrogacy as a primary means of enabling couples who wish to have children but…
Reproducing, preventing reproduction, and terminating a pregnancy is something that happens on the daily, but it’s not something that was always so common. They are all connected and back in the day, women didn’t have a choice when it came to making a decision. In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, but that didn’t quite work out. Even though she kept trying, she faced arrests and prosecutions. In 1950, Sanger did some research to create the first birth control pill, and in 1960, the pill was approved by the FDA.…
At this point I would like raise some objections that have been inspired by the article “Why Is Obama Afraid to Embrace Reproductive Rights?” written by Erin Matson. In her article, Matson provides that in 2016 when the White House hosted the United States Women Summit to celebrate the progress made on women and girls and talking about what is to come, they did not include abortion on the agenda. Matson provides the reader with countless issues regarding reproductive rights in the United States that are not being addressed and then states, “Abortion is an inextricable part of the struggle for women’s equality, and as I’ve covered for Rewire previously, you simply can’t do feminism—a commitment to the social and political equality of all people,…
However, abortion and birth control are not only the issues in reproductive rights. A new layer in the discussion of reproductive rights that evolve with the development of technology is surrounding surrogacy and the picking and choosing of certain traits. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act deals with this very new phenomenon and bans the fabrication of human embryos for research, creation of human and non-human hybrids, the alteration of human DNA. In more detail the act as Sullivan suggests, “distinguishes between two kinds of embryos: "reproductive embryos," which qualify as almost human life and cannot therefore be bought and sold, and "replicative embryos," whose potentiality is not in producing life but in producing health benefits and which may therefore be inserted into a system of economic exchange” (cite). Additions to the movement of reproductive justice such as these exposes that even with the progress that has occurred from earlier generations, there is more discussion that needs to happen and advances that need to be made.…
Question 1: Reproductive liberty has been an ongoing discussion and has developed historically over time. There has been a debate on whether incentivized sterilization and project prevention is safer for our society or whether it may do more harm than good. Throughout this paper I will examine the notions of black and poor women’s reproductive liberty and its relation to Roberts and Collins work, I will explore Project Prevention and its similarities to incentivized sterilization while explaining my opinion and whether this organization is helpful or dangerous. Reproductive rights have been debated over time. We see certain trends throughout society when looking at the groups that are limited by reproductive rights.…
Previous to this case’s decision, much divisive persuasion came against women’s reproductive solutions and threatened their most basic rights and freedoms. The power and wonder of life is undeniable, but it is a well-known that men and women have attempted to control the process for thousands of years. In Egypt circa 1850 BC, we saw the most primitive device called the pessary, which was a mixture of crocodile dung, sodium carbonate and honey introduced into the vagina. This device attempted to block conception and fulfil the need as the first contraceptive. Many devices and procedures designed to block conception were attempted, but the most critical and controversial was infanticide.…
When you think of pro-choice, what comes to mind? Abortion is the most controversial topic in America. You have people on one side (pro-lifers) who say abortion should be ban but then on the other side, you have people (pro-choice) who feel that abortion should be legal. When it comes down to it, do a woman have a choice with her own body?…
An Unethical Spin on New Life Imagine a world where little feet are running around that were genetically created or hearing a cry from a child who once was a chosen embryo knowing there was another embryo that was just tossed away. That is where our world might be in just a few short years if “designer babies” does not get stopped. There are researchers who are trying to get it legalized and people who have already had designer babies themselves. Designer babies should be illegal in the future because it is taking In Vitro Fertilization too far, it is unethical, not always reliable, and parents can have children without choosing their specific characteristics.…
In todays society technological advances in the medical field has altered the traditional path for childbirth and families can now have many different choices of how to have a child. Over time, doctors have found new methods to help in both conventional and unconventional birthing methods. Some innovations that seem positive and innovative to families that are desperately trying to have children also have to be looked at from a long term ethic standpoint. The philosophical questions and ramifications have to be considered. With new, advanced, technologies doctors can give parents the option to let a surrogate mother carry their infant until it has reached gestation and is ready for birth.…
Reproductive rights are the subject of extensive debate in capitol buildings and classrooms alike. In fact, just the other week, a friend and I got into a heated argument over the autonomy of a woman versus that of a fetus. My friend believes that a woman's right to make certain choices- namely abortion- end when fertilization occurs. Conversely, I'm very pro-choice for a variety of reasons. Firstly, I consider myself a feminist and as such value an individual's right to determine their own medical procedures in a higher regard than a fetus.…
1) Access to abortion care is a major public policy problem in the U.S. Many states restrict access to abortion through laws and measures that threaten women's reproductive rights. This paper will examine the abortion debate in the U.S. beginning with the Rowe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973 and how its ambiguous wording allowed anti-choice groups over the subsequent decades to gradually enact restrictive policies on the state level that disproportionately disadvantage low-income women. This underscores that lack of abortion access is an issue of economic justice. 2) This issue affects all women seeking abortion care, but it affects low-income women disproportionately.…
In vitro fertilization (IVF), which scientists make babies artificaly, is one of the popular ways to have babies in U.S. IVF has three simple steps, taking eggs and sperms from general parents, fertilizeing them in test tubes, and replacing the eggs in mother’s utirin. Until people succeed to fertilize, they continue to do the cycle. After these steps, the eggs grown up, and women derivery her babies naturally. Although IVF is helpful for people who have difficulties of natural fertilization, many people criticize it ethically. When I read a book about in vitro fertilization few years ago, I could not believe my eyes.…