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Reproductive technologies / Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.

by Gerdes, Louise I.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: At issueHealth: Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010Description: 135 p.ISBN: 9780737744361; 0737744367; 9780737744378 (pbk.); 0737744375 (pbk.).Subject(s): Reproductive technologyDDC classification: 362.198/17806
Contents:
Society is embracing reproductive technology / Gregory Pence -- Reproductive technology is disturbing / Francis Kane -- Reproductive technologies should be regulated / Franco Furger and Francis Fukuyama -- Reproductive technologies should not be regulated / Ronald Bailey -- Reproductive technologies pose a threat to children's identities / Elizabeth Marquardt -- Reproductive technologies do not pose a threat to children's identities / Josephine Johnston -- Genetically designing babies is ethical under certain circumstances / Patrick Tucker -- Genetically designing babies is unethical / Michael Sandel -- Gender selection is ethical / Norbert Gleicher and David H. Barad -- Gender selection can in some cases be unethical / Preeti Shekar -- Disposing of unused frozen embryos poses ethical challenges / Liza Mundy -- Freezing eggs to delay motherhood should be discouraged / Laura Vanderkam -- Egg donation puts donors at risk / Jennifer Schneider -- Seeking egg donors in developing nations exploits poor women / Antony Barnett and Helena Smith.
Summary: Essays cover varying viewpoints surrounding reproductive technology, including its role in multiple births, genetic intervention, and gender selection.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-125) and index.

Society is embracing reproductive technology / Gregory Pence -- Reproductive technology is disturbing / Francis Kane -- Reproductive technologies should be regulated / Franco Furger and Francis Fukuyama -- Reproductive technologies should not be regulated / Ronald Bailey -- Reproductive technologies pose a threat to children's identities / Elizabeth Marquardt -- Reproductive technologies do not pose a threat to children's identities / Josephine Johnston -- Genetically designing babies is ethical under certain circumstances / Patrick Tucker -- Genetically designing babies is unethical / Michael Sandel -- Gender selection is ethical / Norbert Gleicher and David H. Barad -- Gender selection can in some cases be unethical / Preeti Shekar -- Disposing of unused frozen embryos poses ethical challenges / Liza Mundy -- Freezing eggs to delay motherhood should be discouraged / Laura Vanderkam -- Egg donation puts donors at risk / Jennifer Schneider -- Seeking egg donors in developing nations exploits poor women / Antony Barnett and Helena Smith.

Essays cover varying viewpoints surrounding reproductive technology, including its role in multiple births, genetic intervention, and gender selection.

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