Bioethics, Reproduction, and Extending Life

Abstract

This chapter considers where law and bioethics intersect as to the 100-year life. It tackles two different issues. The first is an exploration of the bioethics of life extension and whether such extension is something that should be pursued. The second considers attempts to extend reproduction into the late period of life and the ethics thereof.

Keywords: Life extension, enhancement, right to an open future, wellspan, posthumous reproduction, in vitro gametogenesis, non-identity problem

JEL Classification: I1, I10, I14, K36, K10