The Welfare of Future Children: Reproductive Ethics and Disability Screening

This open access practical guide to reproductive ethics navigates the complex subject of the policy around IVF treatment and disability screening based on the concerns around the welfare of future children. It focuses on 3 questions in order to examine these often complex philosophical issues:

· Should we allow prospective parents using IVF to implant an embryo with a condition considered to be a disability?
· Is routine screening for Down syndrome in pregnancy ethically acceptable, even if t...