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Should parents take active steps to preserve their children's fertility?

Cutas, Daniela LU (2017) In International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine p.189-205
Abstract
It has been argued that, when there is a probable imminent risk of loss of children's fertility, their parents should take active steps to preserve their reproductive potential if possible – or even that children have a right to such interventions being undertaken on them on their behalf, as an expression of their right to an open future. In this chapter, I explore these proposals and some of their implications. I place the discussion of fertility preservation for children into the more general context of the choices that parents might have to help keep their children's future reproductive (and parenting) choices open. I discuss the role of desert and fairness in arguments for fertility preservation and their relevance for framings of... (More)
It has been argued that, when there is a probable imminent risk of loss of children's fertility, their parents should take active steps to preserve their reproductive potential if possible – or even that children have a right to such interventions being undertaken on them on their behalf, as an expression of their right to an open future. In this chapter, I explore these proposals and some of their implications. I place the discussion of fertility preservation for children into the more general context of the choices that parents might have to help keep their children's future reproductive (and parenting) choices open. I discuss the role of desert and fairness in arguments for fertility preservation and their relevance for framings of infertility in general, as well as the relation between having a possibility to reproduce and becoming a parent. (Less)
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fertility preservation, right to an open future, infertility, children, cancer, fairness, desert
host publication
Parental responsibility in the context of neuroscience and genetics
series title
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
editor
Hens, Kristien ; Cutas, Daniela and Horstkötter, Dorothee
pages
189 - 205
publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISSN
1567-8008
ISBN
9783319428345
9783319428321
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-42834-5_12
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English
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  author       = {{Cutas, Daniela}},
  booktitle    = {{Parental responsibility in the context of neuroscience and genetics}},
  editor       = {{Hens, Kristien and Cutas, Daniela and Horstkötter, Dorothee}},
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  keywords     = {{fertility preservation; right to an open future; infertility; children; cancer; fairness; desert}},
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  publisher    = {{Springer International Publishing}},
  series       = {{International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine}},
  title        = {{Should parents take active steps to preserve their children's fertility?}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42834-5_12}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-319-42834-5_12}},
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