Special Supplement: Reprogenetics and Public Policy: Reflections and Recommendations

Parens, Erik; Knowles, Lori P.

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“…Objection to conducting tests and research on embryos, stem cells and very early-aged humans is therefore often rooted in entrenched positions on abortion and the status of human embryos, as the result of testing can be the destruction of embryos or foetuses (Parens & Knowles, 2003). The basis of these positions is very often religious.…”

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Religious beliefs, knowledge about science and attitudes towards medical genetics

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The use of genetics in medical research is one of the most important avenues currently being explored to enhance human health. For some, the idea that we can intervene in the mechanisms of human existence at such a fundamental level can be at minimum worrying and at most repugnant. In particular, religious doctrines are likely to collide with the rapidly advancing capability for science to make such interventions. The key ingredient for acceptance of genetics, on the other hand, is prototypically assumed to be scientific literacyfamiliarity and understanding of the critical facts and methods of science. However, this binary opposition between science and religion runs counter to what is often found in practice. In this paper, we examine the association between religiosity, science knowledge and attitudes to medical genetics amongst the British public. In particular, we test the hypothesis that religion acts as a 'perceptual filter' through which citizens acquire and use scientific knowledge in the formation of attitudes towards medical genetics in various ways.

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“…Indeed, a recent report on reproductive genetic technologies concluded: "The political division that has hampered public policy is rooted in the vitriolic U.S. debate over abortion. Given the polarizing dynamics of this debate, much of the public policy conversation about embryo research and reproductive policy has consisted of pro-choice and antiabortion activists shouting past each other" (1). Meanwhile, in the midst of this polarized and paralyzed political environment, the number of genetic tests is expanding rapidly (2).…”

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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: public policy and public attitudes

Hudson

2006

Fertility and Sterility

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“…Ethical issues include the risks of some infertility techniques, such as multiple pregnancies and the use of selective abortions (Mitchell, 2002; Parens & Knowles, 2003; Rebar & DeCherney, 2004). Others revolve around issues of what constitutes a family and relatedness and whether people find it problematic for children to come into a family in ways other than biological parents giving birth to biological children unaided by technology (Macklin, 1991).…”

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Ethical problems with infertility treatments: Attitudes and explanations

Shreffler

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Scheuble

2010

The Social Science Journal

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Although media coverage of infertility treatments has increased markedly over the past decade, there is a dearth of empirical information about public perceptions of the ethics of infertility procedures (e.g. artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, donor eggs, surrogate mothering, gestational carriers) and about the factors that shape them. Two representative telephone survey samples (930 adults in a Midwestern state, and 580 adult women aged 25 to 50 in the North Central region) are analyzed to gauge public views on the ethics of infertility treatments and estimate the effects of social structure and exposure on these views. Ethical concerns were viewed as more serious for techniques that could result in a child who may not be biologically related to the woman or her partner than for those yielding a child biologically related to both parents. Social structural factors such as age and education were the strongest predictors of attitudes towards the ethics of infertility treatments. Neither parenthood nor experiencing infertility was related to ethical concerns, although women reporting the use of infertility services had fewer ethical concerns than their counterparts.

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Special Supplement: Reprogenetics and Public Policy: Reflections and Recommendations

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

Religious beliefs, knowledge about science and attitudes towards medical genetics

Religious beliefs, knowledge about science and attitudes towards medical genetics

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: public policy and public attitudes

Ethical problems with infertility treatments: Attitudes and explanations

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