The high-priority ethical issues of advanced paternal age: perspectives from a panel of experts in the fields of men reproduction and family building.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research shows that the age of fathers at the time of conception is correlated with detrimental effect for the health of the future offspring. This situation raises ethical questions regarding the priority of the principle of reproductive autonomy of men of advanced age over the well-being of their future offspring. This problem leads to other normative implications such as the value of introducing limits to the use of medically assisted reproduction, and the development of public health interventions. For the moment, this ethical reflection is mostly speculative and calls to open up the discussion. The aim of this research was to survey experts, working in related fields to the topic of advanced paternal age (APA), regarding the top priority ethical issues of this emerg

SUBMITTER: Couture V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11992766 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature