Test Tube Families : Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation.

Test Tube Families : Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation.

The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART), which is now a multi-billion-dollar business in the United States. Sperm and eggs are bought and sold in a market that has few barriers to its skyrocketing growth. Whil...

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Main Author: Cahn, Naomi R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Law and legislation > United States.
Human reproductive technology.
Reproductive technology.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Fertilization in vitro.
Therapeutics.
treating (health care function)
LAW > Science & Technology.
Therapeutics
Reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology
Fertilization in vitro, Human
Fertilization in vitro
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Law and legislation
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction; Part I: Initial Conceptions; 1 The Treatment Plan for Legal Issues; 2 The Treatment Plan for Creating Babies; Part II: The State of ART; 3 Market Regulation; 4 Parenting Regulation; 5 Donating to Parenthood; 6 Donor Identity; Part III: Race, Class, and Gender: Who Benefits?; 7 Barriers to Conception; 8 Expensive Dreams; 9 What Is Wrong with Technology?; Part IV: Baby Steps Forward; 10 Baby Steps: Going to Market; 11 Five-Parent Families? A Proposition; 12 Finding Out; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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