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The befuddled stork : helping persons of faith debate beginning-of-life issues / edited by Sally B. Geis & Donald E. Messer.
Van Pelt Library RG133.5 .B437 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human reproductive technology.
- Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Abortion.
- Human reproductive technology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Human reproductive technology--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Abortion--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Abortion--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- Should people who face difficult decisions about conceiving and bearing children play the games new technology makes possible?
- For many people, such a question is irrelevant. For them, procreation is easy. But for others the possibilities are too complex to help people make decisions: Should women who experience infertility take the risks involved in reproductive technology? If a couple have given birth to a badly malformed baby and conceive again, should they seek information about the fetus? Should we condone research leading to the alteration of genetic characteristics of generations to come? What if the technology could eliminate a fatal disease?
- A growing number of men and women of faith face these questions. This book is for them, their children and extended families, their communities of faith, their clergy. The goal is not to tell people what to think but to clarify the quandaries that cause an increasing sense of urgency.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Facing Ethical Dilemmas: Ancient and Modern / Sally B. Geis 21
- Part 1 Quandaries of Conquering Infertility
- Chapter 1 The Befuddled Stork / Fredrick R. Abrams, M.D. 43
- Chapter 2 Is It Moral to Make "Test-Tube Babies"? 48
- A Response / Peter J. Paris 50
- A Response / R. Albert Mohler, Jr. 57
- Chapter 3 Are "Designer Children" an Ethical Choice? 67
- A Response / Ronald Cole-Turner 69
- A Response / Marilyn E. Coors 79
- Part 2 Abortion: An Agonizing Debate
- Chapter 4 When Does Life Begin? / Ruth L. Fuller, M.D. 93
- Chapter 5 Is Abortion Ever a Legitimate Moral Choice? 102
- A Response / Judith Craig 104
- A Response / Sidney Callahan 112
- Chapter 6 Is Aborting a "Problematic" Fetus Ethically Acceptable? 119
- A Response / Judy C. Martz, Harvey C. Martz 121
- A Response / Stanley Hauerwas, Joel Shuman 129
- Chapter 7 Can "Partial-Birth" Abortion Be a Legitimate Moral Choice? 137
- A Response / Tex S. Sample 139
- A Response / Joan Burgess Winfrey 151
- Part 3 Cloning: A Forbidden Fruit?
- Chapter 8 The Meaning of Life and Clones / Lee M. Silver 165
- Chapter 9 Should Human Cloning Be Permitted? 174
- A Response / Gerald L. Zelizer 176
- A Response / Abigail Rian Evans 185
- Conclusion: Toward a Theology of Assisted Reproduction / Donald E. Messer 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0687089255
- OCLC:
- 43245861
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