Is it "every man's right to have babies if he wants them"? Male pregnancy and the limits of reproductive liberty

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-299

  Sparrow, Robert ^a  

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ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

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