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Children's Bodies, Parents' Choices

Children's Bodies, Parents' ChoicesMore children than ever are undergoing medical interventions for nonmedical reasons. As parents consent to an increasing variety of procedures, the ethical and legal debate grows louder. These essays visit the frontiers, asking what justifies changing a child's physical nature and whether appeals to nature should influence decision-making.

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Children's Bodies, Parents' Choices, Hastings Center Report 35, no. 3 (2005).