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NEW REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AS EVALUATED BY RUSSIAN STUDENTS
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The paper is a sociological analysis of Russian students’ position in relation to an important problem of science meddling into human reproduction sphere, to new scientific reproduction technologies that are supposed to meet the challenges of new generation reproduction and population control. The research covers the attitude of the young people to modern scientific advances in the area of new reproduction technologies (NRT) like artificial insemination, extracorporal fertilization and cloning. The respondents included representatives of the most reproductively active part of population – young people in the age of 18-25 years, the students of higher educational institutions who study Economy, Engineering, Humanities and Medicine in Kursk (Russia). The analysis covers the sources of information about the nature and complexity of reproductive technologies. The research has also revealed the attitudes of the young to new reproductive technologies, the relevance of which is determined by the fact that lately they have become a common clinical practice, yet are still causing heated debate among specialists and the public. The authors have identified a peculiar paradox: on the one hand, there is a lack of high-quality information on reproductive technologies, on the other hand, there is a youth tendency to use such technologies in everyday life, which can result in serious anthropological, social and cultural risks. At the same time the progress of reproductive technologies with newly appearing techniques and methods is accompanied by an increase in different challenges that cause stormy discussion in the society and are becoming really urgent asking for appropriate solutions. In this relationship the results of the present research in the area of youth attitudes towards medical human reproduction technologies and their evaluations of such technologies may be useful to work out recommendations on their most optimal, cautious and conservative use.
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