Ethics, Sexual Orientation, and Choices about Children

by Timothy F. Murphy

A critical review of the debate over the still-hypothetical possibility of prenatal intervention by parents to select the sexual orientation of their children.

Parents routinely turn to prenatal testing to screen for genetic or chromosomal disorders or to learn their child's sex. What if they could use similar prenatal interventions to learn (or change) their child's sexual orientation? Bioethicists have debated the moral implications...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262018055
• ISBN13: 9780262018050
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher