New Reproductive Technologies and the Emergence of New Ethical Issues in the Field of children’s Rights from Brenda Almond&#039;s Point of View

Shareb, Mariyeh; Ardeshir Larijani, Maryam

doi:10.30497/flj.2025.248374.2192

New Reproductive Technologies and the Emergence of New Ethical Issues in the Field of children’s Rights from Brenda Almond's Point of View

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¹ Department of Moral Philosophy, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.

² Department of Moral Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Qom University, Qom, Iran

10.30497/flj.2025.248374.2192

Abstract

Today, the growth of access to new reproductive technologies has created many ethical challenges. The importance of this issue is that new reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization, gamete donation, and surrogate uterus, despite helping to solve infertility problems, have raised new ethical issues regarding children's rights and genetic identity, which are often ignored in legal and ethical policies, and in many cases, the interests of adults have been preferred over children's rights. The aim of this research was to examine the ethical challenges of new reproductive technologies with an emphasis on children's rights, from the perspective of Brenda Amond, using a descriptive-analytical method. Among the important challenges of new reproductive technologies are the deprivation of children from awareness of their genetic identity, the redefinition of the role of parents, the destruction of the traditional family, the commercialization of the reproductive process, the birth of a child using deceased sperm, the design of babies with desired characteristics, the selection of deaf children, and human cloning. Among the findings of this study is that ignoring children's right to know their genetic background causes identity crises and undermines their rights. Therefore, more precise regulation of laws and ethical frameworks is necessary to protect children's rights and ensure their long-term interests.

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