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    • Reproductive ethics
    • Maternal-fetal medicine
    • Social norms in healthcare

    Background:

    • Societal emphasis on minimizing fetal risks for pregnant women.
    • Potential risks to maternal health are often disregarded.
    • Inconsistent risk assessment in reproductive and reprogenetic technologies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the ethical inconsistencies in risk evaluation for fetuses and embryos.
    • To examine the influence of social norms on motherhood in reproductive technology acceptance.
    • To analyze the radical shift in acceptable risk thresholds when using assisted reproductive technologies.

    Main Methods:

    • Qualitative analysis of ethical frameworks.
    • Review of social norms and beliefs surrounding motherhood.
    • Comparative analysis of risk perception in prenatal care versus assisted reproduction.

    Main Results:

    • Significant disparity in risk tolerance between routine pregnancy and assisted reproductive technologies.
    • Social norms regarding motherhood actively encourage, rather than discourage, embryo exposure to risks.
    • Maternal well-being is often secondary to theoretical fetal risk avoidance in standard pregnancy advice.

    Conclusions:

    • Societal beliefs about motherhood create a double standard for acceptable risks to embryos versus fetuses.
    • Reproductive technologies exploit and reinforce these inconsistent norms.
    • A critical re-evaluation of risk assessment in reproductive medicine is necessary, considering maternal health and ethical consistency.