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Special Features this month:
SARS: Political Pathology of the
First Post-Westphalian Pathogen. Pg 485
David P. Fidler
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was the first pathogenic threat to emerge
into a new context for infectious disease governance. This article explains this
governance context, analyzes the successful global response against SARS, and
explores the implications of the political pathology of SARS for governance of
future infectious disease threats.
Procreative Liberty
in the Age of Genomics. Pg 439
John A. Robertson
Increasing knowledge of the human genome has led to controversy over
the use of genetic information in reproduction. This Article analyzes
three dominant
approaches to the debate and concludes that a modern traditionalist, rather
than a strict traditionalist or radical libertarian perspective on these issues
is the most fruitful approach to reconciling the competing interests at play.
The case for modern traditionalism rests on its respect for procreative liberty
and its recognition that new genetic technologies serve traditional goals of
having healthy offspring. Access to them, however, could be limited if they
imposed serious harms on the persons most directly affected by them.
Applying this perspective to four areas of current or future controversy, the
Article shows that the most likely use of these techniques–to screen
embryos and fetuses for the risk of congenital or adult disease–serves
standard reproductive goals without causing undue harm to values of respect
for prenatal life, the welfare of offspring, the status of women, or social
equality. Use of some techniques, however, such as reproductive cloning when
fertile, intentional diminishment, and possibly non-medical enhancement do
not clearly advance conventionally understood reproductive agendas and deserve
less respect than other uses.
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