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9780742531512

Reproductive Technologies A Reader

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    9780742531512

  • ISBN10:

    0742531511

  • 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

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