Abstract
A couple may have a child to provide stem cells for another child. They may also use preimplantation testing--even, troubling though it is, prenatal testing and selective abortion--to ensure a close tissue match.
MeSH terms
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Abortion, Eugenic
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Bioethical Issues
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Female
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Fertilization in Vitro
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Fetal Blood
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / ethics*
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods
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Histocompatibility Testing
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Preimplantation Diagnosis
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Prenatal Diagnosis
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Reproduction / ethics*
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Tissue Donors / ethics*