
Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law
Feminist Perspectives
Joan C. Callahan(Editor)
Indiana University Press
Published on 22. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-253-20996-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Scholars already saturated with moral commentary on new reproductive arrangements are in for a stimulating surprise. For, this volume breaks new ground, scrutinizing their impact at a more penetrating level and challenging the terms of the dominant debate. . . . It should set a standard for further work and receive the attention of mainstream thinkers and policy makers that it so richly deserves." -Human Studies
". . . a valuable contribution to the literature in an important and rapidly evolving area of law and applied ethics." -Ethics
". . . virtually every essay is thought-provoking and well-informed, and together they address just the topics you'd want to see covered-as well as a few you might not have thought of." -Medical Humanities Review
". . . extremely interesting reading for all those who are involved in, or wish to know more about, the moral, social and policy consequences of new reproductive technologies." -Biosocial Science
"This thought-provoking collection of essays addresses moral and legal questions revolving around modern human reproduction. . . . an invaluable resource for any family law practitioner." -The Women's Advocate
"Editor Callahan presents a fascinating look at the facts, facets, and legal effects of modern technology on reproduction. . . . A work that provides insight on all issues concerning reproduction." -Choice
"[The book] is a valuable contribution to the literature in an important evolving area of law and applied ethics." -Ethics
". . . displays the richness of feminist scholarship. It points the way for a fuller appreciation of the varied voices of feminist analyses in many other areas." -Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
". . . a comprehensive, compelling and carefully researched volume. This is applied feminist ethics at its very impressive best." -Journal of Medical Ethics
Essays address moral and legal quandaries related to human reproduction, adding to the feminist dimension of the public discussion of these issues, including: new complexities in contraception and abortion technologies; frozen embryos, unwed fathers, and the legal definition of parenthood; and the use of fetal tissue.
". . . a valuable contribution to the literature in an important and rapidly evolving area of law and applied ethics." -Ethics
". . . virtually every essay is thought-provoking and well-informed, and together they address just the topics you'd want to see covered-as well as a few you might not have thought of." -Medical Humanities Review
". . . extremely interesting reading for all those who are involved in, or wish to know more about, the moral, social and policy consequences of new reproductive technologies." -Biosocial Science
"This thought-provoking collection of essays addresses moral and legal questions revolving around modern human reproduction. . . . an invaluable resource for any family law practitioner." -The Women's Advocate
"Editor Callahan presents a fascinating look at the facts, facets, and legal effects of modern technology on reproduction. . . . A work that provides insight on all issues concerning reproduction." -Choice
"[The book] is a valuable contribution to the literature in an important evolving area of law and applied ethics." -Ethics
". . . displays the richness of feminist scholarship. It points the way for a fuller appreciation of the varied voices of feminist analyses in many other areas." -Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
". . . a comprehensive, compelling and carefully researched volume. This is applied feminist ethics at its very impressive best." -Journal of Medical Ethics
Essays address moral and legal quandaries related to human reproduction, adding to the feminist dimension of the public discussion of these issues, including: new complexities in contraception and abortion technologies; frozen embryos, unwed fathers, and the legal definition of parenthood; and the use of fetal tissue.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-20996-2 (9780253209962)
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JOAN CALLAHAN is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. She is the editor of Menopause: A Midlife Passage and Ethical Issues in Professional Life and the co-author of Preventing Birth: Contemporary Methods and Related Moral Controversies.
Content
Acknowledgments
Editors's Preface: Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law: Feminist Perspectives
Part I: Reconsidering Parenthood
Introduction
1. Adoption as a Feminist Alternative to Reproductive Technology - Joan Mahoney
2. Feminist Perspectives and Gestational Motherhood: The Search for a Unified Legal
Focus - Rosemarie Tong
3. Listening to the Voices of the Infertile - Barbara J. Berg
4. The Metamorphosis of Motherhood - Patricia Smith
Part II: Prenatal and Postnatal Authority
Introduction
5. Choosing Children's Sex: Challenges to Feminism - Helen B. Holmes
6. Frozen Embryos and "Fathers' Rights": Parenthood and Decision-Making in the Cryopreservation
of Embryos - Christine Overall
7. As If There Were Fetuses Without Women: A Remedial Essay - Mary B. Mahowald
8. Fathers' Rights, Mothers' Wrongs?: Reflections on Unwed Fathers' Rights, Patriarchy, and Sex
Equality - Mary L. Shanley
Part III: Electing and Preventing Birth
Introduction
9. Ensuring a Stillborn: The Ethics of Lethal Injection in Late Abortion - Joan C. Callahan
10. RU 486: Progress or Peril? - Janice G. Raymond
11. Loving Future People - Laura M. Purdy
Part IV: Prenatal and Preconceptive Harm
12. Collective Bad Faith: "Protecting" the Fetus - Janet Gallagher
13. A Womb of One's Own - Joan E. Bertin
14. The Discriminatory Nature of Industrial Health-Hazard Policies and Some Implication for Third-World
Women Workers - Uma Narayan
Contributors
Index
Editors's Preface: Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law: Feminist Perspectives
Part I: Reconsidering Parenthood
Introduction
1. Adoption as a Feminist Alternative to Reproductive Technology - Joan Mahoney
2. Feminist Perspectives and Gestational Motherhood: The Search for a Unified Legal
Focus - Rosemarie Tong
3. Listening to the Voices of the Infertile - Barbara J. Berg
4. The Metamorphosis of Motherhood - Patricia Smith
Part II: Prenatal and Postnatal Authority
Introduction
5. Choosing Children's Sex: Challenges to Feminism - Helen B. Holmes
6. Frozen Embryos and "Fathers' Rights": Parenthood and Decision-Making in the Cryopreservation
of Embryos - Christine Overall
7. As If There Were Fetuses Without Women: A Remedial Essay - Mary B. Mahowald
8. Fathers' Rights, Mothers' Wrongs?: Reflections on Unwed Fathers' Rights, Patriarchy, and Sex
Equality - Mary L. Shanley
Part III: Electing and Preventing Birth
Introduction
9. Ensuring a Stillborn: The Ethics of Lethal Injection in Late Abortion - Joan C. Callahan
10. RU 486: Progress or Peril? - Janice G. Raymond
11. Loving Future People - Laura M. Purdy
Part IV: Prenatal and Preconceptive Harm
12. Collective Bad Faith: "Protecting" the Fetus - Janet Gallagher
13. A Womb of One's Own - Joan E. Bertin
14. The Discriminatory Nature of Industrial Health-Hazard Policies and Some Implication for Third-World
Women Workers - Uma Narayan
Contributors
Index