Professionals should reexamine negative assumptions about the quality of life with
prenatally detectable impairments and should reform clinical practice and public policy to …

Assisted reproductive technologies (“ARTs”) have enabled many infertile couples to have
children but have long been controversial. Opposition initially focused on the …

David Boonin presents a new account of the non-identity problem: a puzzle about our
obligations to people who do not yet exist. Our actions sometimes have an effect not only on …

Using prenatal tests to prevent the birth of babies with disabilities seems to be self‐evidently
good to many people. Even if the testing will not help bring a healthy baby to term this time, it …

SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This
encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the …

When I first thought to put togeth-er a project to examine the disability rights critique of
prenatal genetic testing, Eric Juengst was chief of the Eth-ical, Social, and Legal Implications …

Autism is one of the most compelling, controversial, and heartbreaking cognitive disorders. It
presents unique philosophical challenges as well, raising intriguing questions in philosophy …

In 1989, Canadian philosopher Susan Wendell characterized the way bioethics literature
discusses disability as follows:" Under what conditions is it morally permissible/right to kill/let …

The announcement in February 1997 of the birth of Dolly, the sheep cloned from the
mammary cells of an adult ewe, was a turning point in ethical and social debates over the …

On average, black Americans are sicker and die earlier than white Americans. Uncertain
Suffering provides a richly nuanced examination of what this fact means for health care in …