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The New Reproductive Technologies: Defying God's Dominion?

1 Aug 1995

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Objections that the New Reproductive Technologies pose temptations to "play God" are common. This essay examines three versions of the objection: 1) these technologies "usurp God's dominion in reproduction"; 2) they permit us to "make" our offspring; and 3) they involve us in a denial of human finitude. None proves to generate a decisive case against the New Reproductive Technologies; each requires some further...

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PMID: 8568440
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/20.4.419

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