No easy choice : a story of disability, parenthood, and faith in an age of advanced reproduction / Ellen Painter Dollar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dollar, Ellen Painter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Human reproductive technology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Osteogenesis imperfecta.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 191 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In No Easy Choice, Ellen Painter Dollar tells her gut-wrenching story of living with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) a disabling genetic bone disorder that was passed down to her first child and deciding whether to conceive a second child who would not have OI using assisted reproduction. Her story brings to light the ethical dilemmas surrounding advanced reproductive technologies. What do procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) say about how we define human worth? If we avoid such procedures, are we permitting the suffering of our children? How do we identify a "good life" in a consumer society that values appearance, success, health, and perfection?

Contents:

Making choices when there is no easy choice

Fear of falling : seeking God in suffering and disability

Setting out : desire, vocation, and choosing to have biological children

Without a map : the blessings and burdens of choice

The slippery slope : when money and medicine meet at the fertility clinic

What is lost along the way : reflections on embryos

Where we ended up

"The only way is hard" : a Christian approach to reproductive technology.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611641554

1611641551