Regulating reproductive donation / edited by Susan Golombok [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golombok, Susan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology.

Human reproductive technology--Law and legislation.

Egg donors.

Sperm donors.

Reproductive rights.

Family planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 382 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The emergence of new empirical evidence and ethical debate about families created by assisted reproduction has called into question the current regulatory frameworks that govern reproductive donation in many countries. In this multidisciplinary book, social scientists, ethicists and lawyers offer fresh perspectives on the current challenges facing the regulation of reproductive donation and suggest possible ways forward. They address questions such as: what might people want to know about the circumstances of their conception? Should we limit the number of children donors can produce? Is it wrong to pay donors or to reward them with cut-price fertility treatments? Is overseas surrogacy exploitative of women from poor communities? Combining the latest empirical research with analysis of ethics, policy and legislation, the book focuses on the regulation of gamete and embryo donation and surrogacy at a time when more people are considering assisted reproduction and when new techniques and policies are underway.

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of editors, contributors and discussants; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The development of governance and regulation of donor conception in the UK; Part I International, cross-border and global issues; 2 International regulation and cross-country comparisons; 3 Legal regulation of family creation through gamete donation: access, identity and parentage; 4 Reproductive donation in the context of environmental and global justice; 5 Normative and regulatory issues in cross-border reproductive health care

6 Surrogacy: issues, concerns and complexities7 A better legal framework for United Kingdom surrogacy?; Part II How many children per donor?; 8 Sperm donors limited: psychosocial aspects of genetic connections and the regulation of offspring numbers; 9 Limiting offspring numbers: can we justify regulation?; Part III Donors: Experiences, motivations and consent; 10 Regulating the 'good' donor: the expectations and experiences of sperm donors in Denmark and Victoria, Australia; 11 Gamete donor motives, payment and child welfare

12 Egg-sharing, motivation and consent: ethical, legal and policy issuesPart IV Information about donors: the interests at stake; 13 Thoughts and feelings about the donor: a family perspective; 14 'Choosing' a donor: parents' perspectives on current and future donor information provision in clinically assisted reproduction; 15 Regulating the provision of donor information to donor-conceived children: is there room for improvement?; 16 The informational needs of prospective parents: an ethical perspective; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-45220-4

1-316-45508-4

1-316-45556-4

1-316-45652-8

1-316-45604-8

1-316-45844-X

1-316-11744-8