TY - JOUR
T1 - Decline in ethical concerns about reproductive technologies among a representative sample of US women
AU - Greil, Arthur L.
AU - Slauson-Blevins, Kathleen S.
AU - Shreffler, Karina M.
AU - Johnson, Katherine M.
AU - Lowry, Michelle H.
AU - Burch, Andrea R.
AU - McQuillan, Julia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Public awareness and utilization of assisted reproductive technology has been increasing, but little is known about changes in ethical concerns over time. The National Survey of Fertility Barriers, a national, probability-based sample of US women, asked 2031 women the same set of questions about ethical concerns regarding six reproductive technologies on two separate occasions approximately 3 years apart. At Wave 1 (2004–2007), women had more concerns about treatments entailing the involvement of a third party than about treatments that did not. Ethical concerns declined between Wave 1 and Wave 2, but they declined faster for treatments entailing the involvement of a third party. Ethical concerns declined faster for women with greater levels of concern at Wave 1. Initial ethical concerns were higher, and there was less of a decline in ethical concerns for women with higher initial levels of religiosity.
AB - Public awareness and utilization of assisted reproductive technology has been increasing, but little is known about changes in ethical concerns over time. The National Survey of Fertility Barriers, a national, probability-based sample of US women, asked 2031 women the same set of questions about ethical concerns regarding six reproductive technologies on two separate occasions approximately 3 years apart. At Wave 1 (2004–2007), women had more concerns about treatments entailing the involvement of a third party than about treatments that did not. Ethical concerns declined between Wave 1 and Wave 2, but they declined faster for treatments entailing the involvement of a third party. Ethical concerns declined faster for women with greater levels of concern at Wave 1. Initial ethical concerns were higher, and there was less of a decline in ethical concerns for women with higher initial levels of religiosity.
KW - biotechnology
KW - ethics
KW - genetic and reproductive technologies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029693374&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0963662515625402
DO - 10.1177/0963662515625402
M3 - Article
C2 - 26817853
AN - SCOPUS:85029693374
SN - 0963-6625
VL - 26
SP - 789
EP - 805
JO - Public Understanding of Science
JF - Public Understanding of Science
IS - 7
ER -