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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10052176520X

ISBN-139780521765206

eBay Product ID (ePID)24038687365

Product Key Features

Number of Pages394 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePerfecting Pregnancy : Law, Disability, and the Future of Reproduction

Publication Year2012

SubjectEthics, Health, Gynecology & Obstetrics

TypeTextbook

AuthorKristin Savell, Isabel Karpin

Subject AreaLaw, Medical

SeriesCambridge Disability Law and Policy Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-050126

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal344.04/19

SynopsisPrenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as preconception testing, noninvasive prenatal testing, and more extensive preimplantation testing promise to increase that access further still. The result may be greater reproductive choice, but it also increases the burden on women and men to avail themselves of these technologies in order to avoid having a child who has a disability. The overwhelming question for legislators has been whether and, if so, how to regulate the use of these technologies in the face of compelling but seemingly contradictory claims about the advancement of reproductive choice and the dangers of eugenic or discriminatory effects. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws., Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws., Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as preconception testing, non-intrusive prenatal testing and more extensive preimplantation testing promise to increase that access further still. The result may be greater reproductive choice, but it also increases the burden on women and men to avail themselves of these technologies in order to avoid having a child with a disability. The overwhelming question for legislators has been whether and, if so, how to regulate the use of these technologies in the face of compelling but seemingly contradictory claims about the advancement of reproductive choice and the dangers of eugenic or discriminatory effects. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws.

LC Classification NumberK3611.A77 K37 2012