Children of Choice - John A. Robertson

Children of Choice

Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies
Buch | Softcover
291 Seiten
1996
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03665-6 (ISBN)
62,35 inkl. MwSt
Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486 - these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. This title analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of questions such as, Do frozen embryos have the right to be born?
Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486--these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. Through the lens of procreative liberty--meaning both the freedom to decide whether or not to have children as well as the freedom to control one's reproductive capacity--John Robertson, a leading legal bioethicist, analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of fascinating questions: Do frozen embryos have the right to be born? Should parents be allowed to select offspring traits? May a government force welfare recipients to take contraceptives? Robertson's arguments examine the broad range of consequences of each reproductive technology and offers a timely, multifaceted analysis of the competing interests at stake for patients, couples, doctors, policymakers, lawyers, and ethicists.

John A. Robertson is the Thomas Watt Gregory Professor in the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin, a fellow at the Hastings Center, and a member of the American Fertility Society. He is author of The Rights of the Critically Ill.

PrefaceCh. 1Introduction: Technology, Liberty, and the Reproductive Revolution3Ch. 2The Presumptive Primacy of Procreative Liberty22Ch. 3Abortion, Contragestion, and the Resuscitation of Roe v. Wade45Ch. 4Norplant, Forced Contraception, and Irresponsible Reproduction69Ch. 5IVF, Infertility, and the Status of Embryos97Ch. 6Collaborative Reproduction: Donors and Surrogates119Ch. 7Selection and Shaping of Offspring Characteristics: Genetic Screening and Manipulation149Ch. 8Preventing Prenatal Harm to Offspring173Ch. 9Farming the Uterus: Nonreproductive Uses of Reproductive Capacity197Ch. 10Class, Feminist, and Communitarian Critiques of Procreative Liberty220Notes237Index279

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.3.1996
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 425 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Histologie / Embryologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10 0-691-03665-9 / 0691036659
ISBN-13 978-0-691-03665-6 / 9780691036656
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