In this paper I look at the much-discussed case of disabled parents seeking to conceive (or “selecting for”) disabled children.  I argue that the permissibility of selecting for disability does not depend on the precise impact the disability will have on the child’s wellbeing.  I then turn to an alternative analysis, which argues that the permissibility of selecting for disability depends on the impact that disability will have on the child’s future opportunities.  Nearly all bioethicists who have approached the issue in this way have argued that disabilities like deafness unacceptably constrain a child’s opportunities.  I argue, however, that this conclusion is premature for several reasons.  Mo...
Disabilities are inextricably diverse in their origins, types, manifestations, and effects upon diff...
The ‘expressivist objection’ (EO) refers to the notion that using reproductive (genetic) technologie...
Section 14(4) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 imposes – within the general licens...
In this paper I look at the much-discussed case of disabled parents seeking to conceive (or “selecti...
The view that it is better for life to be created free of disability is pervasive in both common sen...
Some parents have taken steps to ensure that they have deaf children, a choice that contrasts with t...
Advancements in reproductive technology have expanded the influence that parents can have on their c...
The bioethics literature's analysis of the practice of attempting to avoid the birth of children wit...
In recent years, the question of whether prospective parents might have a moral obligation to select...
Recent advances in assisted reproductive technologies as well as in preconception, preimplantation, ...
The papers are considered Draft Only and are not to be cited without the permission of the author. ...
The author discusses genetic and assistive reproduction science and technology in light of their imp...
The article addresses the problem of disability in the context of reproductive decisions based on ge...
This study examines the underlying assumptions that influence attitudes towards the prevention of di...
A preimplantation genetic test to discriminate between severe and mild autism spectrum disorder migh...
Disabilities are inextricably diverse in their origins, types, manifestations, and effects upon diff...
The ‘expressivist objection’ (EO) refers to the notion that using reproductive (genetic) technologie...
Section 14(4) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 imposes – within the general licens...
In this paper I look at the much-discussed case of disabled parents seeking to conceive (or “selecti...
The view that it is better for life to be created free of disability is pervasive in both common sen...
Some parents have taken steps to ensure that they have deaf children, a choice that contrasts with t...
Advancements in reproductive technology have expanded the influence that parents can have on their c...
The bioethics literature's analysis of the practice of attempting to avoid the birth of children wit...
In recent years, the question of whether prospective parents might have a moral obligation to select...
Recent advances in assisted reproductive technologies as well as in preconception, preimplantation, ...
The papers are considered Draft Only and are not to be cited without the permission of the author. ...
The author discusses genetic and assistive reproduction science and technology in light of their imp...
The article addresses the problem of disability in the context of reproductive decisions based on ge...
This study examines the underlying assumptions that influence attitudes towards the prevention of di...
A preimplantation genetic test to discriminate between severe and mild autism spectrum disorder migh...
Disabilities are inextricably diverse in their origins, types, manifestations, and effects upon diff...
The ‘expressivist objection’ (EO) refers to the notion that using reproductive (genetic) technologie...
Section 14(4) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 imposes – within the general licens...