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In vitro fertilization, embryo freezing and surrogate motherhood have promised liberation from the procreative destinies consigned to us by nature and held out the prospect of parenting for many infertile couples and individuals. Yet technological breakthroughs in assisted reproduction are also haunted by the spectre of a Huxleyan Brave New World, with its chilling vision of mass-production reproduction, and have forced individuals and society to address perennial questions about the quest for parenthood, the kinds of family bonds - genetic, biological, or social - we value, and the balance between private choices and societal responsibility. This volume of essays and case studies reprinted from the Hastings Centre Report illumines the difficult value choices imposed on us by the powers and possibilities of the new reproductive technologies from a variety of philosophic, policy and cultural perspectives.

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Part 1 In vitro fertilization: manufacturing our offspring - weighing the risks, Paul Ramsey
in vitro fertilization - answering the ethical objection, Stephen Toulmin
ethics at the center of life - protecting vulnerable subjects, Marc Lappe
in vitro conception and harm to the unborn, John A. Robertson
in vitro fertilization - ethically acceptable research, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels
in vitro fertilization - moving from theory to therapy, Frank H. Marsh and Donnie J. Self
baby making and the public interest, Theodore Tsukahara Jr and Seymour Siegel
risk taking for the unborn, Marc Lappe. Part 2 Embryo freezing: the moral uses of "spare" embryos, Clifford Grobstein
the case against thawing unused frozen embryos, David T. Ozar
embryo freezing ethical issues in the clinical setting, Andrea L. Bonnicksen
redefining parenthood and protecting embryos - why we need new laws, George J. Annas
resolving disputes over frozen embryos, John A. Robertson
a French homunculus in a Tennessee court, George J. Annas. Part 3 Surrogate motherhood: contracts to bear a child - compassion or commercialism?, George J. Annas
surrogate mothers - not so novel after all, John A. Robertson
the case against surrogate parenting, Herbert T. Krimmel
the baby broker boom, George J. Annas
baby M - babies (and justice) for sale, George J. Annas
death with dignity for commerical surrogacy - the case of baby M, George J. Annas
the hasty British ban on commerical surrogacy, Diana Brahams
when baby's mother is also grandma - and sister, Lori B. Andrews and Hans O. Tiefel. Part 4 Feminist perspectives on assisted reproduction: what price parenthood?, Paul Lauritzen
the argument for unlimited procreative liberty - a feminist critique, Maura A. Ryan
reproductive gifts and gift giving - the altruistic woman, Janice G. Raymond
selective termination of pregnancy, Angela R. Holder and Mary Sue Henifin
selective termination of pregnancy and women's reproductive autonomy, Christine Overall. Part 5 International perspectives on assisted reproduction: ethics and new reproductive technologies - an international review of committee statements, LeRoy Walters
in France, debate and indecision, Anne Fagot-Largeault
in Israel, law, religious orthodoxy and reproductive technologies, Amos Shapira
in the Netherlands, tolerance and debate, Maurice A.M. de Wachter and Guido M.W.R. de Wert
in Britain, the debate after the Warnock report, Raanan Gillon
in Japan, consensus has limits, Koichi Bai et al
in Australia, the debate moves to embryo experimentation, Louis Waller.

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