Reproductive Technologies A Reader

by Shannon, Thomas A.; Adamson, David; Andrews, Lori B.; Boostanfar, Robert; of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Ethics Committee; Ferre, Cynthia; Francis, Mary M.; Jain, John K.; Jeng, Gary; Meikle, Susan F.; Mor, Eliran; Murray, Thomas H.; P

• ISBN13: 9780742531512
• ISBN10: 0742531511
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781461707523
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-17
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward
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Summary

Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. As part of the Readings in Bioethics series, this volume collects critical essays by leading scholars on reproductive technologies, abortion, in vitro fertilization, prenatal diagnosis, and cloning. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Thomas A. Shannon is professor of religion and social ethics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Editor's Introduction	xi
1 Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the United States	1	(22)
David Adamson
2 Progress We Can Be Proud Of: U.S. Trends in Assisted Reproduction Over the First 20 Years	23	(14)
James P. Toner
3 Reproductive Technologies: Ethical and Religious Issues	37	(20)
Thomas A. Shannon
4 Sex Selection: Not Obviously Wrong	57	(10)
Bonnie Steinbock
5 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Infertility Treatment	67	(10)
Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
6 Low and Very Low Birth Weight in Infants Conceived with Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology	77	(14)
Laura A. Schieve, Susan F. Meikle, Cynthia Ferre, Herbert B. Peterson, Gary Jeng, and Lynne S. Wilcox
7 Pregnancy in the Sixth Decade of Life: Obstetric Outcomes in Women of Advanced Reproductive Age	91	(8)
Richard J. Paulson, Robert Boostanfar, Peyman Saadat, Eliran Mor, David E. Tourgeman, Cristin C. Slater, Mary M. Francis, and John K. Jain
8 Reproductive Tourism as Moral Pluralism in Motion	99	(14)
G. Pennings
9 What Are Families For? Getting to an Ethics of Reproductive Technology	113	(10)
Thomas H. Murray
10 Mom, Dad, Clone: Implications for Reproductive Privacy	123	(14)
Lori B. Andrews
11 Cloned Child	137	(2)
J.M. Phillips
Index	139	(8)
About the Editor	147