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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Autor principal:	Junga Kim,Claire
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2018
Materias:	reproduction reproductive rights reproductive responsibility assisted reproductive technology
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spelling	oai:scielo:S1726-569X20180002002452019-04-09The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibilityJunga Kim,Claire reproduction reproductive rights reproductive responsibility assisted reproductive technology 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.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.24 n.2 20182018-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2018000200245en10.4067/S1726-569X2018000200245
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spellingShingle	reproduction reproductive rights reproductive responsibility assisted reproductive technology Junga Kim,Claire The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
description	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.
author	Junga Kim,Claire
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title	The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
title_short	The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
title_full	The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
title_fullStr	The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
title_full_unstemmed	The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility
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publisher	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
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The assisted reproductive technology subsidy in Korea: criticism from a perspective of reproductive responsibility

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