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Sex selection: intergenerational justice or injustice?
1Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Medicine and Law
|January 31, 2006
Summary
Sex selection, particularly for family balancing, can be viewed as a positive exercise of reproductive liberty. This choice aligns with intergenerational justice, benefiting both parents and future children.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Reproductive Rights
- Sociology of Reproduction
Background:
- Societal debates on sex selection often highlight potential negative consequences.
- Historically, reproductive rights have expanded significantly over the past century.
Purpose of the Study:
- To reframe sex selection, especially for family balancing, as a positive aspect of reproductive liberty.
- To explore the ethical implications of sex selection in the context of intergenerational justice.
Main Methods:
- Philosophical and ethical analysis of reproductive choice.
- Examination of sex selection within the framework of reproductive liberties and intergenerational justice.
Main Results:
- Sex selection can be interpreted as a positive manifestation of reproductive freedom.
- The argument for sex selection as a reproductive liberty is strongest in cultures without a strong sex preference.
Conclusions:
- Permitting sex selection, even if infrequent, supports the concept of intergenerational justice.
- Reproductive choice, including sex selection, can serve the interests of both current and future generations.