| An ethical assessment of postmenopausal motherhood against the backdrop of successful antiaging medicine. | |
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PMID: 21208061 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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By creating fertility reserves, women are now able to become pregnant using their own eggs, even after menopause. Multiple arguments already exist against postmenopausal motherhood, most of which stress the potential risk of damage involved due to the mother's advanced age. Consequently, the question arises: Can successful antiaging medicine be applied to preserve or enhance cognitive and physical capacity at an advanced age and invalidate these objections? In this article, we shall explore this issue further and come to three main conclusions: (1) Until now, enabling postmenopausal women to become pregnant has not been a specific objective of antiaging medicine. (2) Postmenopausal motherhood can find legitimacy through the development and success of antiaging medicine. (3) The acceptance of postmenopausal motherhoods in our society first requires that antiaging medicine itself find some sort of ethical legitimacy. To evaluate the arguments for and against antiaging medicine and postmenopausal motherhood, it is important to take into consideration two points more in depth, which are constantly being impacted by both medical arguments alike: (1) The identity and role of medicine itself as well as (2) the normative role of our body`s natural boundaries. |
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Uta Bittner; Tobias Eichinger |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-01-05 |
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Title: Rejuvenation research Volume: 13 ISSN: 1557-8577 ISO Abbreviation: Rejuvenation Res Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-01-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101213381 Medline TA: Rejuvenation Res Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 741-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. bittner@egm.uni-freiburg.de |
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