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Reproductive issues in America : a reference handbook / Janna C. Merrick, Robert H. Blank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merrick, Janna C.
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human reproductive technology--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Human reproductive technology.
- Reproductive Techniques.
- United States.
- Abortion, Legal.
- Family Planning Services.
- Family Planning Policy.
- Genetic Counseling.
- Medical Subjects:
- Reproductive Techniques.
- United States.
- Abortion, Legal.
- Family Planning Services.
- Family Planning Policy.
- Genetic Counseling.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2003]
- Summary:
- Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century.
- 24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.
- Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.
- Contents:
- 1 Reproductive Rights 1
- The Framework of Reproductive Rights 1
- Reproductive Rights in the United States 4
- Constraints on State Intervention in Defining Responsible Parenthood 6
- The Right to Bodily Integrity 6
- The Right to Make Intimate Family Decisions 7
- The Right to Parental Autonomy in Childbearing 8
- The Changing Relationship between Parents and Children 10
- Fertility Control 11
- Subdermal Hormonal Implants (SHIs) 12
- Sterilization 14
- Abortion: Colliding Rights and Complex Responsibilities 19
- The Incidence of Abortion in the United States 21
- The Politics of Abortion 23
- Abortion and Multiple-Fetus Pregnancies 30
- 2 Issues in Conception and Pregnancy 37
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies 37
- Artificial Insemination 38
- In Vitro Fertilization 39
- Surrogate Contracts and the Creation of New Families 41
- Surrogacy and the Law 45
- Regulating Reproductive Technologies 49
- Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Rights 50
- The Children of Technologically Assisted Reproduction 52
- Rights and Access to Assisted Reproduction 53
- Prenatal Diagnosis 56
- Sex Preselection 59
- Policy Issues in Prenatal Diagnosis 60
- Fetal Surgery 61
- Genetic Screening and Diagnosis 63
- Obstetrical Procedures and the Courts 65
- Pregnancy, Addiction, and the Law 69
- Fetal and Embryo Research 76
- Conclusions: Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Rights 81
- Lori B. Andrews 113
- George Annas 114
- Marissa-Eve Ayala 114
- Baby M 115
- Andrea L. Bonnicksen 115
- Louise Joy Brown 116
- Keith Campbell 116
- Arthur Leonard Caplan 116
- Alexander Morgan Capron 117
- Angela Carder 118
- R. Alta Charo 118
- Ira J. Chasnoff 119
- Wendy Chavkin 120
- Carl Djerassi 121
- Robert Edwards 121
- John C. Fletcher 122
- Helen Bequaert Holmes 122
- Ruth Hubbard 123
- Marcia C. Inhorn 123
- Leon R. Kass 124
- Patricia A. King 124
- Bartha Maria Knoppers 125
- Mary B. Mahowald 126
- Deborah Mathieu 126
- Norma McCorvey 127
- Frances H. Miller 127
- Christine Overall 128
- Lynn Paltrow 128
- Laura M. Purdy 129
- John A. Robertson 129
- Barbara Katz Rothman 130
- Margaret Sanger 130
- Thomas C. Shevory 131
- Peter Singer 131
- Bonnie Steinbock 132
- Patrick Steptoe 133
- Laurence H. Tribe 133
- Sarah Weddington 133
- Ian Wilmut 134
- Laura R. Woliver 135
- 5 Facts and Statistics 137
- Abortion 137
- Abortion Statistics 137
- Abortion Providers and Services 138
- Abortion Funding 139
- Public Opinion regarding Abortion 139
- Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 140
- Assisted Reproduction 141
- Uniform Parentage Act (2000) 141
- Contested Surrogacy Cases 143
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine Ethics Statements 144
- Cloning and Stem Cell Research 149
- Remarks by President George W. Bush on Stem Cell Research 149
- Culturing Human Embryonic Stem Cells 152
- Coerced Obstetrical Intervention 153
- Decision-Making by Pregnant Women 156
- Contraception and Sterilization 161
- Emergency Contraception 161
- Sterilization 162
- HIV and Pregnancy 164
- Sex Education 164
- Alcohol Use among Pregnant Women and Nonpregnant Women 166
- Books 191
- Journals 197
- Videos 199
- Abortion 199
- Assisted Reproduction 207
- Contraception 209
- Pregnancy and Childbirth 211
- Sex Education 214
- Substance Abuse 214.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1576078167
- 1576078175
- OCLC:
- 52041397
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