Research Catalog

Title

The birth lottery : prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion / Judith A. Boss ; foreword by Mark Waymack.

Author

Boss, Judith A., 1942-

Publication

Chicago : Loyola University Press, c1993.

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Description

xvi, 326 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Values and ethics series ; v. 5

Uniform Title

Values & ethics series ; v. 5.

Subject

• Abortion, Eugenic
• Abortion, Therapeutic > Moral and ethical aspects
• Ethics, Medical
• Prenatal Diagnosis
• Prenatal diagnosis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-311) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain
• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Mark Waymack -- Introduction: What's at Stake in the Selective Abortion Controversy? -- 1. Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Disorders -- 2. Prenatal Diagnostic Procedures -- 3. Justifications for Prenatal Diagnosis -- 4. Selective Abortion -- 5. Personhood and the Fetus: A Historical Perspective -- 6. Personhood: Biological, Psychological, and Social Definitions -- 7. Biomedical Justification for Selective Abortion -- 8. Social-Burden Justification for Selective Abortion -- 9. Family-Burden Justification for Selective Abortion -- 10. Quality-of-Life Justification for Selective Abortion -- 11. Conclusion -- Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Appendix A: Fee Schedule for Prenatal Diagnosis Procedures -- Appendix B: Hospital Consent Form for Amniocentesis.

ISBN

0829407405 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^92049738^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library