Human Dignity in Genetics and Reproductive Health in the Digital Age

Abstract

The innovation in the digital age has had a significant impact on the field of reproductive health as well as genetics alongside other knotty issues concerning human dignity. The bringing together of genetics, reproductive health, and digital technologies threatens human dignity from the angle of data security breaches, possible exploitation, and erosion of trust through false information and its related constraints. This multidisciplinary examination attempted to analyse the fundamental interaction among genetics, reproductive health, and human dignity from the position of the sophistication in the digital age as well as possible strategies for ensuring the preservation of human dignity. Through a qualitative approach of conceptual and critical analysis, the study found that digital technologies can both promote and undermine human dignity bringing about a moral dilemma with a need for balanced critical analysis of concepts and applications. The study’s significance lies in the view that technology determines the trajectory of the rules of engagement in the comity of humans and even medical practice with the imperative of prioritising human dignity in the development and use of genetic and reproductive health technologies. The main finding of the study is that human dignity can be enabled by progress in genetics and reproductive health with the possibility of abuse as well. Hence, the study concludes by emphasizing the need to protect individual personal autonomy, privacy, and dignity with actionable recommendations.