Outputs (7)

Pregnancy, pain and pathology: a reply to Smajdor and Räsänen (2024)
Journal Article

In their recent paper ‘Is pregnancy a disease?’, Anna Smajdor and Joona Räsänen argue in the affirmative, highlighting features shared by both pregnancy and paradigmatic diseases. In particular, they point to the harmful symptoms and side effects of... Read More about Pregnancy, pain and pathology: a reply to Smajdor and Räsänen.

Surrogacy and Adoption: An Empirical Investigation of Public Moral Attitudes (2024)
Journal Article

Surrogacy and adoption are both family-making measures subject to extensive domestic and international regulation. In this nationally representative survey study (N = 1552), we explore public attitudes to various forms of surrogacy and adoption in th... Read More about Surrogacy and Adoption: An Empirical Investigation of Public Moral Attitudes.

Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility (2024)
Book

Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a 'family'? What is a 'family tie'? We use the general concept of 'family' in many contexts – in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politi... Read More about Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility.

Why-UD? Assessing the requirement to trial an intrauterine device as a condition for elective sterilisation in female patients (2023)
Journal Article

Some National Health Service healthcare boards in the UK will approve a request for female sterilisation only if the patient first accepts a trial period of 1 year with an intrauterine device (IUD), a form of long-acting reversible contraception. In... Read More about Why-UD? Assessing the requirement to trial an intrauterine device as a condition for elective sterilisation in female patients.

The law and ethics of a property rights approach to frozen embryo disputes (2023)
Journal Article

Disputes over frozen embryos represent a particularly problematic case, legally and ethically, due to the ambiguity of their moral and legal status and the potential rights-claims which can be made with regard to them. Recent work has contextualised... Read More about The law and ethics of a property rights approach to frozen embryo disputes.

Double‐donor surrogacy and the intention to parent (2023)
Journal Article

Assisted reproduction often involves biological contributions by third parties such as egg/sperm donors, mitochondrial DNA donors, and surrogate mothers. However, these arrangements are also characterised by a biological relationship between the chil... Read More about Double‐donor surrogacy and the intention to parent.

Surrogacy and the Fiction of Medical Necessity (2023)
Journal Article

A number of countries and states prohibit surrogacy except in cases of "medical necessity" or for those with specific medical conditions. Healthcare providers in some countries have similar policies restricting the provision of clinical assistance in... Read More about Surrogacy and the Fiction of Medical Necessity.