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050 00 $aRG133.5$b.R63 1994
082 00 $a176$220
100 1 $aRobertson, John A.$q(John Ancona),$d1943-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83003359
245 10 $aChildren of choice :$bfreedom and the new reproductive technologies /$cJohn A. Robertson.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c1994.
263 $a9405
300 $ax, 281 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCh. 1. Introduction: Technology, Liberty, and the Reproductive Revolution -- Ch. 2. The Presumptive Primacy of Procreative Liberty -- Ch. 3. Abortion, Contragestion, and the Resuscitation of Roe v. Wade -- Ch. 4. Norplant, Forced Contraception, and Irresponsible Reproduction -- Ch. 5. IVF, Infertility, and the Status of Embryos -- Ch. 6. Collaborative Reproduction: Donors and Surrogates -- Ch. 7. Selection and Shaping of Offspring Characteristics: Genetic Screening and Manipulation -- Ch. 8. Preventing Prenatal Harm to Offspring -- Ch. 9. Farming the Uterus: Nonreproductive Uses of Reproductive Capacity -- Ch. 10. Class, Feminist, and Communitarian Critiques of Procreative Liberty.
520 $aCloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, Norplant, RU486 - these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape, enabling individuals to conceive or to avoid pregnancy and to plan the timing of their offspring, and even control their characteristics, in ways barely imaginable a generation ago.
520 8 $aIn this wide-ranging account of the reproductive technologies currently available, John Robertson goes to the heart of issues that confront increasing numbers of people - single individuals or couples, donors or surrogates, gays or heterosexuals - who seek to redefine family, parenthood, the experience of pregnancy, and life itself.
520 8 $aThrough the lens of procreative liberty, he analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies that surround each major technology, then determines to what extent individuals should be free to pursue the procedures available and whether government should be authorized to restrict them.
520 8 $aReproductive freedom, Robertson maintains, has traditionally been a right taken for granted. Yet these new technologies, helpful as they may be to many people, carry a price - be it the financial, physical, or emotional strain that in vitro fertilization places on couples or the social danger posed by genetically shaping offspring characteristics. They also open up a multitude of fascinating legal questions: Do frozen embryos have the right to be born? Should parents select offspring traits?
520 8 $aMay a government make long-acting contraceptives compulsory for welfare recipients? Should a woman have the right to abort so she can provide fetal tissue to others, either altruistically or for financial gain? If one member of a lesbian couple has a child through artificial insemination, does the nonbiological parent have any rearing rights or duties in the event that the relationship ends?
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aRobertson examines the broad range of consequences of each reproductive technology and its possible ethical and legal implications. He establishes guidelines for its use by weighing the chance that the technology may enrich and give meaning to an individual's life, against the harm it may cause the larger community.
520 8 $aArguing for the primacy of reproductive freedom in most cases, Robertson offers a timely, multifaceted analysis of the competing interests at stake for patients, couples, doctors, policymakers, lawyers, and ethicists, and shows how they can best be reconciled.
650 0 $aHuman reproductive technology$xMoral and ethical aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105859
650 0 $aContraception$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aAbortion$xMoral and ethical aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000201
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