This chapter explores the ethical and legal issues faced when caring for pregnant women. A
case study involving four women who have used or are contemplating using reproductive …

As legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin [7] has explained, this view on the morality of abortion
is by far the most common: most people share a belief in the sanctity of human life, but at the …

Rozvoj v oblasti prenatální a neonatální medicíny stále častěji umožňuje dětem, které by
bývaly zemřely, aby přežily a vedly zdravý život. Stejný pokrok ve vědě zároveň opakovaně …

Embryo research generates therapies for reproductive and nonreproductive conditions. It
often involves embryonic stem cells (ESCs) obtained through the destruction of embryos …

Prenatal testing for Down syndrome (DS) has been available for over forty years. With the
development of screening technologies, testing is now offered to all pregnant women. But is …

Chromosomal diseases are a major public health problem due to their frequency, morbidity,
increased mortality and chronic disability. The chromosomal disease prevention involves …

The researcher would like to begin this paper, by clarifying its scope. It is in light of this that
the researcher in this paper, will be dealing with termination of pregnancy rather …

This essay is an intercultural dialogue in reproductive ethics. The paper, which argues from
both developed and developing world perspectives, addresses the question of what should …

Advances in clinical genetics are of benefit to many patients and their families. Nonetheless,
in common with other areas in medicine, developments in this speciality also pose risks, in …