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The publication of the Office of Technology Assessment’s major report entitled Infertility: Medical and Social Choices 1 constitutes a major contribution to our understanding of the many issues surrounding the treatment of infertility. Of special significance is its treatment of the ethical and religious considerations relevant to the new reproductive techniques. In this essay, I want to elaborate upon that treatment. My goals are to identify the major concerns about these techniques shared by many of America’s religious communities and to discuss the implications of the existence of these concerns for the formulation of public policy in this area.
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Brody, B. (1990). Current Religious Perspectives on the New Reproductive Techniques. In: Bartels, D.M., Priester, R., Vawter, D.E., Caplan, A.L. (eds) Beyond Baby M. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4510-0_4
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