Controlling Our Reproductive Destiny

Download or read book Controlling Our Reproductive Destiny written by Lawrence J. Kaplan and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controlling Our Reproductive Destinycovers today's revolution in reproduction-controlling and reproduction-aiding technologies. It focuses on the ways in which science can now provide real procreative choices, while at the same time giving equal treatment to ethical, legal, and social dimensions of these advances. Introductory chapters discuss procreative options, present an ethical and legal framework for evaluating reproduction-controlling and reproduction-aiding technologies, and describe the human reproductive system. The authors then present methods of contraception, sterilization, abortion, fertility and infertility, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, and contracted motherhood. Throughout, they provide a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical implications of new developments in these areas. A New Liberal Arts book