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Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape.
Through the lens of procreative libertymeaning both the freedom to decide whether or not to have children as well as the freedom to control one's reproductive capacityJohn Robertson, a leading legal bioethicist, analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of fascinating questions: Do frozen embryos have the right to be born?
Should parents be allowed to select offspring traits? May a government force welfare recipients to take contraceptives?
Robertson's arguments examine the broad range of consequences of each reproductive technology and offers a timely, multifaceted analysis of the competing interests at stake for patients, couples, doctors, policymakers, lawyers, and ethicists.
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