Project

The fetal patient and the future of prenatal medicine: a philosophical and ethical inquiry

Code
01J06619
Duration
01 December 2019 → 30 September 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Bioethics Medical ethics Moral responsibility Autonomy Paternalism Prenatal treatment Fetus
 
Project description

Recent and expected technological developments in prenatal medicine raise new ethical challenges. The facilitation of in utero treatment because of advances in fetal therapy and artificial womb technology entail a panoply of normative questions about moral obligations to treat the fetus as a patient and how these relate to maternal autonomy. This project aims to contribute to this upcoming debate.