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. 2021 Sep 18;22:125. doi: 10.1186/s12910-021-00694-4

Table 1.

List of themes and sub-themes

Theme Subtheme
Theme 1. A slippery slope towards designer babies

Concern about a slippery slope

Concern about eugenics

Reassurance about the misuse of PGT-P

Recurring argument

Limited possibilities and usefulness

Theme 2. Well-being of the future child and parents

Positive impact on well-being of the future child

Moral duty to improve quality of life of future child

Concern about well-being of the child

Value conflict for parents

Positive impact on well-being of the parents

Pressure to use artificial reproduction

Theme 3. Impact on society

Socio-economic impact

Concern about economic incentives

Issue of discrimination and stigmatization

Attitude of society towards disabled people

More equality in society

Individual rights vs. needs of society

Relative significance of individual characteristics

Theme 4. Deliberate choice

Positive impact on deliberate choice

What lives are worth living?

Concern about deliberate choice

Dilemma of one remaining embryo

Reassurance about deliberate choice

Theme 5. Societal readiness

Concern about unregulated commercialization

Need for ethical debate

Need for protection

Lack of scientific validity

Drawback of polygenic risk scoring

Unwanted consequences