ethics play a role in healthcare models of care and decisions every day. This discussion will focus on 3 areas where ethics play a key role in the decision making of treatment and care of an individual. Choose one of the cases among the Case Studies below and answer the questions. While this discussion is opinion based, make sure to research and back up the answers with evidence and the source. Assisted Reproduction: Case Study 3 This is a difficult subject because it involves reproductive issues. In our culture, reproductive liberty, the freedom to decide when and where to conceive a child is highly protected, and this can make these cases much more difficult. A married couple wishes to have a child; however, the 32-year-old mother knows that she is a carrier of Huntington's disease (HD). HD is a genetic disorder that begins showing signs at anywhere from 35-45 years of age. Its symptoms begin with slow loss of muscle control and end in loss of speech, large muscle spasms, disorientation, and emotional outbursts. After 15-20 years of symptoms HD ends in death. HD is a dominant disorder which means that her child will have a 50% chance of contracting the disorder. Feeling that risking their baby's health would be irresponsible, the couple decides to use in vitro fertilization to fertilize several of the wife's eggs. Several eggs are harvested, and using special technology, only eggs that do not have the defective gene are kept being fertilized. The physician then fertilizes a single egg and transfers the embryo to the mother. Approximately 9 months later, the couple gives birth to a boy who does not carry the gene for the disorder. Is this a case of eugenics? "Eugenics" is defined as "the hereditary improvement of the human race controlled by selective breeding" (dictionary.com) Give an example of laws (federal or state) that address this topic. Is it ethical for this couple to have a baby when the mother could begin showing signs of HD when the baby is just a few years old? Weighing everything we have discussed; do you believe the couple acted ethically? Assisted Reproduction: Case Study 3 This is a difficult subject because it involves reproductive issues. In our culture, reproductive liberty, the freedom to decide when and where to conceive a child is highly protected, and this can make these cases much more difficult. A married couple wishes to have a child; however, the 32-year-old mother knows that she is a carrier of Huntington's disease (HD). HD is a genetic disorder that begins showing signs at anywhere from 35-45 years of age. Its symptoms begin with slow loss of muscle control and end in loss of speech, large muscle spasms, disorientation, and emotional outbursts. After 15-20 years of symptoms HD ends in death. HD is a dominant disorder which means that her child will have a 50% chance of contracting the disorder. Feeling that risking their baby's health would be irresponsible, the couple decides to use in vitro fertilization to fertilize several of the wife's eggs. Several eggs are harvested, and using special technology, only eggs that do not have the defective gene are kept being fertilized. The physician then fertilizes a single egg and transfers the embryo to the mother. Approximately 9 months later, the couple gives birth to a boy who does not carry the gene for the disorder. Is this a case of eugenics? "Eugenics" is defined as "the hereditary improvement of the human race controlled by selective breeding" (dictionary.com) Give an example of laws (federal or state) that address this topic. Is it ethical for this couple to have a baby when the mother could begin showing signs of HD when the baby is just a few years old? Weighing everything we have discussed; do you believe the couple acted ethically?

ethics play a role in healthcare models of care and decisions every day. This discussion will focus on 3 areas where ethics play a key role in the decision making of treatment and care of an individual. Choose one of the cases among the Case Studies below and answer the questions. While this discussion is opinion based, make sure to research and back up the answers with evidence and the source. Assisted Reproduction: Case Study 3 This is a difficult subject because it involves reproductive issues. In our culture, reproductive liberty, the freedom to decide when and where to conceive a child is highly protected, and this can make these cases much more difficult. A married couple wishes to have a child; however, the 32-year-old mother knows that she is a carrier of Huntington's disease (HD). HD is a genetic disorder that begins showing signs at anywhere from 35-45 years of age. Its symptoms begin with slow loss of muscle control and end in loss of speech, large muscle spasms, disorientation, and emotional outbursts. After 15-20 years of symptoms HD ends in death. HD is a dominant disorder which means that her child will have a 50% chance of contracting the disorder. Feeling that risking their baby's health would be irresponsible, the couple decides to use in vitro fertilization to fertilize several of the wife's eggs. Several eggs are harvested, and using special technology, only eggs that do not have the defective gene are kept being fertilized. The physician then fertilizes a single egg and transfers the embryo to the mother. Approximately 9 months later, the couple gives birth to a boy who does not carry the gene for the disorder. Is this a case of eugenics? "Eugenics" is defined as "the hereditary improvement of the human race controlled by selective breeding" (dictionary.com) Give an example of laws (federal or state) that address this topic. Is it ethical for this couple to have a baby when the mother could begin showing signs of HD when the baby is just a few years old? Weighing everything we have discussed; do you believe the couple acted ethically? Assisted Reproduction: Case Study 3 This is a difficult subject because it involves reproductive issues. In our culture, reproductive liberty, the freedom to decide when and where to conceive a child is highly protected, and this can make these cases much more difficult. A married couple wishes to have a child; however, the 32-year-old mother knows that she is a carrier of Huntington's disease (HD). HD is a genetic disorder that begins showing signs at anywhere from 35-45 years of age. Its symptoms begin with slow loss of muscle control and end in loss of speech, large muscle spasms, disorientation, and emotional outbursts. After 15-20 years of symptoms HD ends in death. HD is a dominant disorder which means that her child will have a 50% chance of contracting the disorder. Feeling that risking their baby's health would be irresponsible, the couple decides to use in vitro fertilization to fertilize several of the wife's eggs. Several eggs are harvested, and using special technology, only eggs that do not have the defective gene are kept being fertilized. The physician then fertilizes a single egg and transfers the embryo to the mother. Approximately 9 months later, the couple gives birth to a boy who does not carry the gene for the disorder. Is this a case of eugenics? "Eugenics" is defined as "the hereditary improvement of the human race controlled by selective breeding" (dictionary.com) Give an example of laws (federal or state) that address this topic. Is it ethical for this couple to have a baby when the mother could begin showing signs of HD when the baby is just a few years old? Weighing everything we have discussed; do you believe the couple acted ethically?