Whole body gestational donation.

IF 1.1 3区哲学 Q3 ETHICS

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1007/s11017-022-09599-8

Anna Smajdor

引用次数: 13

Abstract

Whole body gestational donation offers an alternative means of gestation for prospective parents who wish to have children but cannot, or prefer not to, gestate. It seems plausible that some people would be prepared to consider donating their whole bodies for gestational purposes just as some people donate parts of their bodies for organ donation. We already know that pregnancies can be successfully carried to term in brain-dead women. There is no obvious medical reason why initiating such pregnancies would not be possible. In this paper, I explore the ethics of whole-body gestational donation. I consider a number of potential counter-arguments, including the fact that such donations are not life-saving and that they may reify the female reproductive body. I suggest if we are happy to accept organ donation in general, the issues raised by whole-body gestational donation are differences of degree rather than substantive new concerns. In addition, I identify some intriguing possibilities, including the use of male bodies-perhaps thereby circumventing some potential feminist objections.

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全身妊娠捐赠。

对于那些想要孩子但不能或不愿意怀孕的准父母来说，全身妊娠捐赠提供了另一种妊娠方式。有些人可能会考虑捐献自己的整个身体用于怀孕，就像有些人捐献身体的一部分用于器官捐献一样，这似乎是合理的。我们已经知道脑死亡的女性可以成功怀孕。没有明显的医学理由说明不可能进行这种怀孕。本文探讨了全体妊娠捐献的伦理问题。我考虑了一些潜在的反对意见，包括这样的捐赠不能挽救生命，而且它们可能使女性生殖体具体化。我的建议是，如果我们乐于接受器官捐赠，那么全身妊娠捐赠引发的问题是程度上的差异，而不是实质性的新问题。此外，我还发现了一些有趣的可能性，包括使用男性的身体——也许这样可以规避一些潜在的女权主义者的反对意见。

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Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Multiple-

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1.80

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： AIMS & SCOPE Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics examines clinical judgment and reasoning, medical concepts such as health and disease, the philosophical basis of medical science, and the philosophical ethics of health care and biomedical research Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics is an international forum for interdisciplinary studies in the ethics of health care and in the philosophy and methodology of medical practice and biomedical research. Coverage in the philosophy of medicine includes the theoretical examination of clinical judgment and decision making; theories of health promotion and preventive care; the problems of medical language and knowledge acquisition; theory formation in medicine; analysis of the structure and dynamics of medical hypotheses and theories; discussion and clarification of basic medical concepts and issues; medical application of advanced methods in the philosophy of science, and the interplay between medicine and other scientific or social institutions. Coverage of ethics includes both clinical and research ethics, with an emphasis on underlying ethical theory rather than institutional or governmental policy analysis. All philosophical methods and orientations receive equal consideration. The journal pays particular attention to developing new methods and tools for analysis and understanding of the conceptual and ethical presuppositions of the medical sciences and health care processes. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics publishes original scholarly articles, occasional special issues on important topics, and book reviews. Related subjects » Applied Ethics & Social Responsibility – Bioethics – Ethics – Epistemology & Philosophy of Science – Medical Ethics – Medicine – Philosophy – Philosophy of Medicine – Surgery