Perfecting pregnancy : law, disability, and the future of reproduction / Isabel Karpin, University of Technology, Sydney, Kristin Savell, University of Sydney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karpin, Isabel, author.

Savell, Kristin, 1968- author.

Series:

Cambridge disability, law and policy series

Cambridge disability law and policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction--Law and legislation.

Human reproduction.

Pregnancy--Law and legislation.

Pregnancy.

Pregnant women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Pregnant women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as preconception testing, non-intrusive prenatal testing and more extensive preimplantation testing promise to increase that access further still. The result may be greater reproductive choice, but it also increases the burden on women and men to avail themselves of these technologies in order to avoid having a child with a disability. The overwhelming question for legislators has been whether and, if so, how to regulate the use of these technologies in the face of compelling but seemingly contradictory claims about the advancement of reproductive choice and the dangers of eugenic or discriminatory effects. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws.

Contents:

Disability

Risk

Terminations

Deselections

Interpretations

Futures.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781139045476

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.