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Bodies in glass : genetics, eugenics, embryo ethics / Deborah Lynn Steinberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinberg, Deborah Lynn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human reproductive technology.
- Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Medical genetics.
- Eugenics--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Eugenics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 224 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- "Baby Drug Kills Test-Tube Mother." "Black Couples Beg Me to Give Them White Babies.": These headlines, along with recent debates over "virgin births" parental rights over frozen embryos and "gay genes" are characteristic of nearly two decades of popular controversies generated in the wake of in vitro fertilization (IVF), recombinant genetics and related reproduction technologies. Bodies in Glass is an extensive analysis of feminist approaches to IVF and other new techniques covered by the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990. Deborah Steinberg explores the professional and legal cultures of IVF, selective breeding ideologies and embryo "rights" politics in this innovative and topical book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 071904667X
- 0719046688
- OCLC:
- 34604109
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