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Human Reproduction, Vol. 15, No. 4, 737-738, April 2000
© 2000 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Gender reassignment and assisted reproduction

An ethical analysis

Di Brothers1,3, W.C.L. Ford2 and and the University of Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine Ethics Advisory Committee

1 University of Bristol Postgraduate School of Education, 8–10 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol BS8, and 2 Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8, UK


   Introduction
 
An approach for donor insemination (DI) treatment from a couple in which the male partner was a woman who had undergone gender reassignment led us to explore the ethical implications of offering assisted reproduction in such a situation. In doing this, our paramount consideration was that an unborn child should receive good and effective parenting, but we also considered risks to individuals and to society.

Firstly, it is important to define the condition exactly. Gender dysphoria and gender identity disorder are terms used to describe a persistent desire to be of the opposite sex combined with persistent discomfort about one's assigned sex or gender role. The diagnosis . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Why does the issue arouse ethical considerations?
 

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