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Reproductive technology /
- Title
- Reproductive technology / Clay Farris Naff, book editor.
- Publication
- Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Naff, Clay Farris.
- Description
- 259 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Exploring science and medical discoveries
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-253) and index.
- Contents
- ch. 1. The rise of reproductive technologies -- 1. Artificial insemination and animals / R.H. Foote -- 2. Eugenics and the rise of American sperm banks / Cynthia R. Daniels, Janet Golden -- 3. Amniocentesis helps detect fetal diseases / Rayna Rapp -- 4. The world's first text-tube baby / Robert Edwards, Patrick Steptoe -- ch. 2. Modern reproductive technologies -- 1. The burgeoning assisted reproduction industry / Anna Mulrine -- 2. Prenatal genetic screenings and their risks / Roger Gosden -- 3. Choosing the sex of a baby / Meredith Wadman -- 4. The prospect of designer babies / Lori B. Andrews -- 5. Reproductive cloning / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences -- ch. 3. Personal experiences with reproductive technology -- 1. Surrogate mothering can lead to bitter disputes : the case of Baby M / Kenneth D. Alpern -- 2.Three women donate eggs to their sisters / Alanna Winer, Judith C. Daniluk -- 3. When divorce collides with surrogacy : the case of Tessa / David Grogan, Beth Austin -- 4. Artificial insemination for single and lesbian women / Lasanda Kurukulasuriya -- 5. A grandmother bears her daughter's children / Lynda Beck Fenwick -- ch. 4. Contemporary controversies over reproductive technologies -- 1. Reproductive technologies are immoral / Bob Smietana -- 2. Reproductive technologies are moral / Brain Doyle -- 3. Human reproductive cloning is unethical / President's Council on Bioethics -- 4. Human reproductive cloning is ethical / Raanan Gillon -- 5. Feminists should oppose reproductive technologies / Janice G. Raymond -- 6. Sex selection will lead to global instability / David Glenn -- 7. The high costs and health risks of reproductive technologies / Kelly Kershner -- Chronology.
- ISBN
- 0737728337 (lib. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005054269
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library