Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice
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Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice

About this book

What responsibilities, if any, do we have towards our genetic offspring, before or after birth and perhaps even before creation, merely by virtue of the genetic link? What claims, if any, arise from the mere genetic parental relation? Should society through its legal arrangements allow 'fatherless' or 'motherless' children to be born, as the current law on medically assisted reproduction involving gamete donation in some legal systems does? Does the possibility of establishing genetic parentage with practical certainty necessitate reform of current legal regimes of parenthood? And what limits, if any, should we set on parental procreative choices in the interests of future children, particularly with regard to genetic engineering and related techniques? These are the questions explored in this book by some of the foremost legal, bioethical and biomedical thinkers. Assembled with a view to assisting the reader to reflect critically on the ongoing social experiment which medically assisted reproduction is today, the essays in this collection highlight what are - and what else might in the nearby future become - possible reproductive options and respond to the difficulties we encounter in assessing these practices and possibilities from our traditional ethical vantage points. Contributions by: Andrew Bainham, Thomas Baldwin, Lisa Bortolotti, John Harris, Martin H. Johnson, Judith Masson, Martin Richards, Alison Shaw, Sally Sheldon, Bonnie Steinbock and Mary Warnock.

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Yes, you can access Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice by J R Spencer, Antje du Bois-Pedain, J R Spencer,Antje du Bois-Pedain in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Medical Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781841135823
eBook ISBN
9781847311603
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Medical Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Title verso
  4. Preface
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Table of Cases
  9. Table of Legislation
  10. Table of International Instruments and Conventions
  11. Part I: The Rights and Wrongs of Reproduction
  12. Part II: Social Conceptions and Legal Regulation of Families and Family-making
  13. Part III: Reproductive Autonomy and Parenthood
  14. Index