Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law

by Callahan, Joan C.

• ISBN13: 9780253209962
• ISBN10: 025320996X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"Scholars already saturated with moral commentary on new reproductive arrangements are in for a stimulating surprise. For, this volume breaks new ground, scrutinizing their impact at a more penetrating level and challenging the terms of the dominant debate.... It should set a standard for further work and receive the attention of mainstream thinkers and policy makers that it so richly deserves." -- Human Studies"... a valuable contribution to the literature in an important and rapidly evolving area of law and applied ethics." -- Ethics"... virtually every essay is thought-provoking and well-informed, and together they address just the topics you'd want to see covered -- as well as a few you might not have thought of." -- Medical Humanities Review"... extremely interesting reading for all those who are involved in, or wish to know more about, the moral, social and policy consequences of new reproductive technologies." -- Biosocial Science"This thought-provoking collection of essays addresses moral and legal questions revolving around modern human reproduction.... an invaluable resource for any family law practitioner." -- The Women's Advocate"Editor Callahan presents a fascinating look at the facts, facets, and legal effects of modern technology on reproduction.... A work that provides insight on all issues concerning reproduction." -- Choice"[The book] is a valuable contribution to the literature in an important evolving area of law and applied ethics." -- Ethics"... displays the richness of feminist scholarship. It points the way for a fuller appreciation of the varied voices of feminist analyses in many other areas." -- Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law"... a comprehensive, compelling and carefully researched volume. This is applied feminist ethics at its very impressive best." -- Journal of Medical EthicsEssays address moral and legal quandaries related to human reproduction, adding to the feminist dimension of the public discussion of these issues, including: new complexities in contraception and abortion technologies; frozen embryos, unwed fathers, and the legal definition of parenthood; and the use of fetal tissue.

Author Biography

JOAN CALLAHAN is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. She is the editor of Menopause: A Midlife Passage and Ethical Issues in Professional Life and the co-author of Preventing Birth: Contemporary Methods and Related Moral Controversies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Editor's Introduction: Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law: Feminist Perspectives	p. 1
Adoption as a Feminist Alternative to Reproductive Technology	p. 35
Feminist Perspectives and Gestational Motherhood: The Search for a Unified Legal Focus	p. 55
Listening to the Voices of the Infertile	p. 80
The Metamorphosis of Motherhood	p. 109
Choosing Children's Sex: Challenges to Feminist Ethics	p. 148
Frozen Embryos and "Fathers' Rights": Parenthood and Decision-Making in the Cryopreservation of Embryos	p. 178
As If There Were Fetuses without Women: A Remedial Essay	p. 199
Fathers' Rights, Mothers' Wrongs? Reflections on Unwed Fathers' Rights, Patriarchy, and Sex Equality	p. 219
Ensuring a Stillborn: The Ethics of Lethal Injection in Late Abortion	p. 266
RU 486: Progress or Peril?	p. 284
Loving Future People	p. 300
Collective Bad Faith: "Protecting" the Fetus	p. 343
Regulating Reproduction	p. 380
The Discriminatory Nature of Industrial Health-Hazard Policies and Some Implications for Third World Women Workers	p. 398
Contributors	p. 411
Index	p. 415
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