Overview

In vitro fertilization, embryo freezing and surrogate motherhood have promised liberation from the procreative destinies consigned to us by nature and held out the prospect of parenting for many infertile couples and individuals. Yet technological breakthroughs in assisted reproduction are also haunted by the spectre of a Huxleyan Brave New World, with its chilling vision of mass-production reproduction, and have forced individuals and society to address perennial questions about the quest for parenthood, the kinds of family bonds - genetic, biological, or social - we value, and the balance between private choices and societal responsibility. This volume of essays and case studies reprinted from the Hastings Centre Report illumines the difficult value choices imposed on us by the powers and possibilities of the new reproductive technologies from a variety of philosophic, policy and cultural perspectives.

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Author:   Hastings Centre
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781855212244

ISBN 10:   1855212242
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   20 May 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

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.

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