1994
DOI: 10.2307/3563460
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When Is Birth Unfair to the Child?

Abstract: Has a child been treated unfairly if the only way it can exist is by having an awful life? A principle of parental responsibility can be used to show how the child is wronged.

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“…The common thread in these cases is that these freedoms are in the area of privacy where other reproductive choices, notably abortion, reside (Steinboch & McClamrod, 1994). Also relevant are the wide liberty parents traditionally have in raising children (Boyle & Spencer, 1995) and the notion of bodily integrity wherein coerced contraception is seen as battery (Walker, 1993).…”
Section: Arguments Against Coerced Contraceptionmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…The common thread in these cases is that these freedoms are in the area of privacy where other reproductive choices, notably abortion, reside (Steinboch & McClamrod, 1994). Also relevant are the wide liberty parents traditionally have in raising children (Boyle & Spencer, 1995) and the notion of bodily integrity wherein coerced contraception is seen as battery (Walker, 1993).…”
Section: Arguments Against Coerced Contraceptionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…All children are born with an interest in not being harmed and in having an open future (Davis, 1997;Steinboch, 1986;Steinboch & McClamrod, 1994). In this context, avoiding, harm means not experiencing undue mental, physical or spiritual suffering.…”
Section: Reconfiguring Rightsmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…That is not the kind of answer a loving parent could give. Anyone willing to subject a child to a miserable life when this could have been avoided would seem to fail to live up to a minimal ideal of parenting [26].…”
Section: An Analysis Of Suleman's Actionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For decades, debate over whether it is possible to harm or wrong children by the very act that brings them into existence has been a major focus of discussions about the morality of procreative actions among legal scholars and philosophers [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. As the use of ARTs has become commonplace and innovative means of making babies continue to be developed, there has also been a lot of discussion about whether the supposed right to procreate encompasses a right to medical assistance in procreation or a right to determine a prospective person's genotype, e.g., through preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), cloning, or germline manipulation.…”
Section: Abstract Reproductive Rights Reproductive Behavior Moralmentioning
confidence: 99%