Abstract

TAMANINI, Marlene. Novas tecnologias reprodutivas conceptivas: bioética e controvérsias. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2004, vol.12, n.01, pp.73-107. ISSN 1806-9584.

This article concerns some of the multiple ethical-bioethical and gender issues in the field of new reproductive and contraceptive technologies. The literature presented points to the plurality of possible situations and approaches in a multidimensional and controversial field. It presents some ethical-bioethical principals of biomedical action found in the study of heterosexual couples who use assisted reproduction. and of medical specialists in human reproduction in southern Brazil. It presents the ethical-bioethical presumptions that sanction medical behavior and the continuity of the so-called impregnation treatments, and analyzes the mechanisms used to raise the expectations of couples who lack confidence or success.

Keywords : Contraceptive Technologies; Bioethics; Medical Deontology; Gender.

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