Surrogates and Other Mothers: The Debates over Assisted Reproduction

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Release: 1994-06-29
Publisher: Temple University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1566391806
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Developments in new reproductive technologies have confounded public policy and created legal and ethical quandaries for professionals and ordinary citizens alike. Drawing from the most current medical, psychiatric, legal, and bioethical literature, Ruth Macklin, noted author and philosopher, presents the arguments surrounding these advances through the voices of fictional characters. The episodes she narrates are based on real-life situations, both from her personal experience as a hospital ethicist and from the public arena, where such controversial court cases as that of Baby M have sparked a multitude of disparate opinions on surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, and egg and sperm donor program. Macklin's hypoethical tale centers on Bonnie and Larry, an infertile couple longing for a child. As the couple's quest to become parents begins, they discover that Bonnie is physically incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term. Desperate to explore their options, Bonnie and Larry attempt adopt Download Surrogates and Other Mothers for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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