What Price Parenthood?

Part 1 In vitro fertilization: manufacturing our offspring - weighing the risks, Paul Ramsey; in vitro fertilization - answering the ethical objection, Stephen Toulmin; ethics at the center of life - protecting vulnerable subjects, Marc Lappe; in vitro conception and harm to the unborn, John A. Robertson; in vitro fertilization - ethically acceptable research, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels; in vitro fertilization - moving from theory to therapy, Frank H. Marsh and Donnie J. Self; baby making and the public interest, Theodore Tsukahara Jr and Seymour Siegel; risk taking for the unborn, Marc Lappe. Part 2 Embryo freezing: the moral uses of "spare" embryos, Clifford Grobstein; the case against thawing unused frozen embryos, David T. Ozar; embryo freezing ethical issues in the clinical setting, Andrea L. Bonnicksen; redefining parenthood and protecting embryos - why we need new laws, George J. Annas; resolving disputes over frozen embryos, John A. Robertson; a French homunculus in a Tennessee court, George J. Annas. Part 3 Surrogate motherhood: contracts to bear a child - compassion or commercialism?, George J. Annas; surrogate mothers - not so novel after all, John A. Robertson; the case against surrogate parenting, Herbert T. Krimmel; the baby broker boom, George J. Annas; baby M - babies (and justice) for sale, George J. Annas; death with dignity for commerical surrogacy - the case of baby M, George J. Annas; the hasty British ban on commerical surrogacy, Diana Brahams; when baby's mother is also grandma - and sister, Lori B. Andrews and Hans O. Tiefel. Part 4 Feminist perspectives on assisted reproduction: what price parenthood?, Paul Lauritzen; the argument for unlimited procreative liberty - a feminist critique, Maura A. Ryan; reproductive gifts and gift giving - the altruistic woman, Janice G. Raymond; selective termination of pregnancy, Angela R. Holder and Mary Sue Henifin; selective termination of pregnancy and women's reproductive autonomy, Christine Overall. Part 5 International perspectives on assisted reproduction: ethics and new reproductive technologies - an international review of committee statements, LeRoy Walters; in France, debate and indecision, Anne Fagot-Largeault; in Israel, law, religious orthodoxy and reproductive technologies, Amos Shapira; in the Netherlands, tolerance and debate, Maurice A.M. de Wachter and Guido M.W.R. de Wert; in Britain, the debate after the Warnock report, Raanan Gillon; in Japan, consensus has limits, Koichi Bai et al; in Australia, the debate moves to embryo experimentation, Louis Waller.