Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3BG, UK.
Br Med Bull. 2010;94:7-20. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldq002. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
This paper aims to provide a concise review of the ethical issues that are commonly raised in the UK debate on non-medical sex selection. Background information on sex selection technologies is provided, as is a description of the relevant UK legislation. Arguments for and against non-medical sex selection will be explained and compared and conclusions will be drawn. It is finally suggested that the international debate on non-medical sex selection ought to be regarded as an important area of related interest.
Data were obtained from a search of existing ethics and policy literature focusing on sex selection.
There are very few areas of universal agreement in the debate.
There is much disagreement between critics over what harms are likely to be caused by sex selection and whether such harms are morally significant. The issue of whether governments can legitimately place limitations upon individual reproductive autonomy, and if so, to what degree, remains controversial.
本文旨在对英国有关非医学性别选择的争论中经常提出的伦理问题进行简要回顾。本文首先介绍了性别选择技术的背景信息，并描述了相关的英国立法。本文将解释并比较支持和反对非医学性别选择的论点，并得出结论。最后，本文建议，应该将国际上关于非医学性别选择的争论视为一个相关利益的重要领域。
数据来自对现有伦理和政策文献的搜索，这些文献主要关注性别选择。
在这场辩论中，几乎没有达成普遍一致的领域。
批评者之间在性别选择可能造成的伤害以及这些伤害在道德上是否具有重要意义方面存在很大分歧。政府是否可以合法地对个人生殖自主权进行限制，如果可以，限制到什么程度，这一问题仍然存在争议。
