Children of Choice : : Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies / / John A. Robertson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Robertson, John A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; CHAPTER 1 Introduction TECHNOLOGY, LIBERTY, AND THE REPRODUCTIVE REVOLUTION --; CHAPTER 2 The Presumptive Primacy of Procreative Liberty --; CHAPTER 3 Abortion, Contragestion, and the Resuscitation of Roe v. Wade --; CHAPTER 4 Norplant, Forced Contraception, and Irresponsible Reproduction --; CHAPTER 5 IVF, Infertility, and the Status of Embryos --; CHAPTER 6 Collaborative Reproduction DONORS AND SURROGATES --; CHAPTER 7 Selection and Shaping of Offspring Characteristics GENETIC SCREENING AND MANIPULATION --; CHAPTER 8 Preventing Prenatal Harm to Offspring --; CHAPTER 9 Farming the Uterus NONREPRODUCTIVE USES OF REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY --; CHAPTER 10 Class, Feminist, and Communitarian Critiques of Procreative Liberty --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400821204; 9783110442496; 9783110784237
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400821204?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John A. Robertson.

Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486--these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. Through the lens of procreative liberty--meaning both the freedom to decide whether or not to have children as well as the freedom to control one's reproductive capacity--John Robertson, a leading legal bioethicist, analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of fascinating questions: Do frozen embryos have the right to be born? Should parents be allowed to select offspring traits? May a government force welfare recipients to take contraceptives? Robertson's arguments examine the broad range of consequences of each reproductive technology and offers a timely, multifaceted analysis of the competing interests at stake for patients, couples, doctors, policymakers, lawyers, and ethicists.