Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies - Couverture rigide

Robertson, John A.

 
9780691033532: Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0691033536 ISBN 13 : 9780691033532
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood - these are the technologies revolutionizing the 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. In this wide-ranging account of the reproductive technologies currently available, the author 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. Reproductive 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. The study examines the broad range of consequences of each reproductive technology and its possible ethical and legal implications. It establishes guidelines for 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

John A. Robertson is the Thomas Watt Gregory Professor in the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin, a fellow at the Hastings Center, and a member of the American Fertility Society. He is author of The Rights of the Critically Ill.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691033536
ISBN 13 
9780691033532
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
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