Application for assisted pregnancy in patients with intellectual disabilities and ethical considerations: ethical analysis of a case of mild intellectual disability in both men and women applying for assisted reproductive technology for pregnancy assistance
10.3760/cma.j.cn101441-20241127-00443
- VernacularTitle:智力障碍患者的助孕伦理思考：1例男女双方轻度智力障碍申请辅助生殖技术助孕案例的伦理分析
- Author:
Xiao BAO
1
;
Yingpu SUN
1
Author Information
1. 郑州大学第一附属医院生殖医学中心 河南省生殖与遗传重点实验室，郑州 450052
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intellectual disability;
Reproductive techniques, assisted;
Laws and regulations;
Ethical principles
- From:
Chinese Journal of Reproduction and Contraception
2025;45(4):349-352
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Patients with intellectual disabilities have the reproductive rights. The clinical manifestations of intellectual disabilities are diverse and the causes are complex. When faced with the application of assisted reproductive technology (ART) for pregnancy in patients with intellectual disabilities, reproductive physicians still face many controversies and challenges on how to protect the reproductive rights and offspring rights of patients with intellectual disabilities while complying with Chinese laws, regulations, and ethical principles. This article starts with a case of a male and female patient with mild intellectual disabilities applying for assisted pregnancy by ART. Combining different causes of intellectual disabilities and corresponding reproductive strategies, it elaborates and analyzes the ethical conflicts and principle basis of the patient's application for ART, in order to help clinical physicians better balance the contradiction among patients' needs, offspring rights and social risks, and promote the further improvement of relevant ethical guidelines and laws and regulations in China.
