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Can conscientious objection lead to eugenic practices against LGBT individuals?
1Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Bioethics
|February 9, 2019
Summary
This study critiques arguments against conscience protections for clinicians refusing assisted reproductive technologies to LGBT persons. It finds the original arguments flawed, insufficient to deny such protections.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Reproductive Technology Ethics
- LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Background:
- Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) raise ethical questions for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals.
- Concerns exist regarding clinicians' conscientious objections to providing ART to LGBT couples on moral or religious grounds.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the arguments presented by Abram Brummett regarding conscience protections for clinicians objecting to ART for LGBT persons.
- To demonstrate the insufficiency of Brummett's arguments in precluding conscience protections for such objections.
Main Methods:
- Critical analysis of Brummett's arguments concerning ART for LGBT persons.
- Examination of Brummett's use of terms like 'natural' and 'eugenic'.
- Assessment of the justification for naturalism in ethical arguments.
Main Results:
- Brummett's arguments were found to be inadequate.
- The critique highlights issues with Brummett's engagement with opposing views, his definition of 'natural', and his claims of eugenics.
- The proposed naturalism lacks sufficient justification and relevance.
Conclusions:
- Brummett's case for constraining conscience protections for clinicians objecting to ART for LGBT persons is unsuccessful.
- The study does not definitively argue for or against conscience protections but demonstrates the weakness of the case against them.
- Further ethical deliberation is needed regarding conscience protections in reproductive healthcare for LGBT individuals.
Keywords:
LGBTassisted reproductive technologiesconscientious objectioneugenicmetaphysicsnaturalismvaluesMore Related Videos
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