Ani B. Satz

Prenatal genetic testing and discrimination against the disabled: A conceptual analysis

This article examines the conceptual claim that prenatal genetic testing, given the option to abort disabled fetuses, discriminates against the disabled. The claim is examined in the context of both external quality of life judgments and women’s competing interests in and right to reproductive freedom. The conceptual claim to discrimination fails in both contexts if moral standing is not attributed to the fetus.

The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined

This Review Article examines the dominant legal and ethical arguments for and against assisted suicide. The Article argues that common practice of medicine and conceptual claims against assisted suicide do not withstand philosophical scrutiny.