| Legal harmonization and reproductive tourism in Europe. | |
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PMID: 15513984 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Legislation of ethical issues illustrates the uneasy mix of ethics and politics. Although the majority has the political right to express its moral views in the law, a number of important ethical values like autonomy, tolerance and respect for other people's opinions urge the majority to take the minorities' position into account. Ignoring pluralism in society will inevitably lead to reproductive tourism. Although European legislation and harmonization in the domain of medically assisted reproduction is presented as a partial solution to this phenomenon, it is argued that European legislation should be avoided as much as possible. Regulation of these private ethical matters should be left to the national parliaments. A soft or compromise legislation will keep reproductive travelling to a minimum. Reproductive tourism is a safety valve that reduces moral conflict and expresses minimal recognition of the others' moral autonomy. |
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Authors:
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Guido Pennings |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2004-10-28 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Human reproduction (Oxford, England) Volume: 19 ISSN: 0268-1161 ISO Abbreviation: Hum. Reprod. Publication Date: 2004 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-11-19 Completed Date: 2005-05-31 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8701199 Medline TA: Hum Reprod Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2689-94 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Centre for Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Guido.Pennings@Ugent.be |
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Abortion, Induced
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legislation & jurisprudence Cultural Diversity Ethics, Medical Europe Female Freedom Government Regulation Humans Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / legislation & jurisprudence Legislation as Topic Male Morals Oocyte Donation / legislation & jurisprudence Personal Autonomy Politics Posthumous Conception / legislation & jurisprudence Pregnancy Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / ethics*, legislation & jurisprudence* Social Values Travel* |
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Hum Reprod. 2005 Dec;20(12):3571; author reply 3571-2
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