Fear, wonder, and science in the new age of reproductive biotechnology

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Fear, wonder, and science in the new age of reproductive biotechnology

Scott Gilbert and Clara Pinto-Correia ; foreword by Donna Haraway

Columbia University Press, c2017

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Bibliography: p. [243]-261

Includes index

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How does one make a decision today about in vitro fertilization, abortion, egg freezing, surrogacy, and other matters of reproduction? This book provides the intellectual and emotional intelligence to help individuals make informed choices amid misinformation and competing claims. Scott Gilbert and Clara Pinto-Correia, renowned scientists and communicators, speak to the couple trying to become pregnant, the woman contemplating an abortion, and the student searching for sound information about human sex and reproduction. Their book is an enlightening read for men as well as for women, describing in clear terms how babies come into existence through both natural and assisted reproductive pathways. The book first covers the most recent and well-grounded scientific conclusions about fertilization and early human embryology. It then discusses the reasons why some of the major forms of assisted reproductive technologies were invented, how they are used, and what they can and cannot accomplish. Most important, the authors explore the emotional side of using these technologies to become pregnant, focusing on those who have emptied their emotions and bank accounts in a valiant effort to get pregnant. This work of science and human biology is informed by a moral concern for our common humanity.

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Foreword: Making Babies, Making Kin, by Donna Haraway Preface Acknowledgments Part I. The Importance of the Story 1. Conceptual Detox: Returning to Hogwarts to Learn Human Embryology, by Scott Gilbert 2. Stories of Infertility and Its Conquest: The Sisterhood of Bloody Mary, by Clara Pinto-Correia Part II. Fertilization and Its Discontents 3. Fertilization: Two Cells At The Verge of Death Cooperate to Form a New Body That Lasts Decades, by Scott Gilbert 4. Fertility Rites: Artificial Insemination and In Vitro Fertilization-Their Hopes and Their Fears, by Clara Pinto-Correia Part III. The Mother and Her Fetus 5. Normal Development and The Beginning of Human Life: Why Scientists Are Being Asked Theological Questions and Why Theologians Are Being Asked Scientific Questions, by Scott Gilbert 6. Technological Motherhood, by Clara Pinto-Correia Part IV. Improving The Human Condition Through Biology: The Reality and the Fantasy 7. Cloning Animals, Cells, and Genes: Where Did Cloning Come From, and Where Is It Going to Right Now?, by Scott Gilbert 8. Glory Days: My Personal Account of Cloning, by Clara Pinto-Correia Part V. Epilogues 9. Infertility Wars: How Life Feels After Everything Fails, and, By the Way, How Do We Survive It?, by Clara Pinto-Correia 10. The Human Condition of Fear and Wonder: In Celebration of Bodies, by Scott Gilbert Appendix: A Field Guide to Assisted Reproductive Technologies Glossary Notes References Index

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