Reproductive Technologies A Reader

Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. As part of the Readings in Bioethics series, this volume collects critical essays by leading scholars on reproductive technologies, abortion, in vitro fertilization, prenatal diagnosis, and cloning. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Thomas A. Shannon is professor of religion and social ethics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Acknowledgments

ix

Editor's Introduction

xi

1 Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the United States

1

(22)

David Adamson

2 Progress We Can Be Proud Of: U.S. Trends in Assisted Reproduction Over the First 20 Years

23

(14)

James P. Toner

3 Reproductive Technologies: Ethical and Religious Issues

37

(20)

Thomas A. Shannon

4 Sex Selection: Not Obviously Wrong

57

(10)

Bonnie Steinbock

5 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Infertility Treatment

67

(10)

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

6 Low and Very Low Birth Weight in Infants Conceived with Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology

77

(14)

Laura A. Schieve, Susan F. Meikle, Cynthia Ferre, Herbert B. Peterson, Gary Jeng, and Lynne S. Wilcox

7 Pregnancy in the Sixth Decade of Life: Obstetric Outcomes in Women of Advanced Reproductive Age

91

(8)

Richard J. Paulson, Robert Boostanfar, Peyman Saadat, Eliran Mor, David E. Tourgeman, Cristin C. Slater, Mary M. Francis, and John K. Jain

8 Reproductive Tourism as Moral Pluralism in Motion

99

(14)

G. Pennings

9 What Are Families For? Getting to an Ethics of Reproductive Technology

113

(10)

Thomas H. Murray

10 Mom, Dad, Clone: Implications for Reproductive Privacy

123

(14)

Lori B. Andrews

11 Cloned Child

137

(2)

J.M. Phillips

Index

139

(8)

About the Editor

147

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