The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
Abstract: The Korean government’s new policy of subsidizing assisted reproductive technology (ART) fees to increase the birth rate reflects a lack of concern for future generations and their quality of life. It seems wrong to treat the future child as just a number that contributes to achi...
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Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2018000200245 |
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| Sumario: | Abstract: The Korean government’s new policy of subsidizing assisted reproductive technology (ART) fees to increase the birth rate reflects a lack of concern for future generations and their quality of life. It seems wrong to treat the future child as just a number that contributes to achieving the target birth rate, or as a mere means of solving a problem facing the current generation. However, when one tries to articulate the shortcomings of this new policy, one realizes that the ontological arguments surrounding this issue, namely the non-identity problem is complex. I propose the concept of reproductive responsibility as a response to the possible life. This concept presupposes a relationship between the reproductive agent and the possible new life. Since the concept draws the normative standard from that relationship, it resolves the non-identity problem and makes it possible to criticize the new policy of subsidizing ART. |
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