Womb politics : a short history of the future of human reproduction

Womb politics : a short history of the future of human reproduction / Frida Simonstein.

This book offers a vision of politics that govern the womb; from antiquity (be fertile and replenish the earth), through the ages (hysterectomy, to extirpate womens hysteria), up to the present time (abortion wars; assisted reproduction), and into the future (reprogenetics; the artificial womb). It...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simonstein, Frida
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:International library of bioethics ; 99.
Subjects:
Human reproduction > Moral and ethical aspects.
Uterus > Moral and ethical aspects.
Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects.
Reproductive rights.
Women's rights.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Human reproduction > Moral and ethical aspects
Reproductive rights
Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects
Women's rights
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Table of Contents:
  • Man and Woman He Created
  • Womb Politics in the Bible
  • Demography Wars
  • The Advent of the Pill
  • The Abortion Wars
  • Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ARTs)
  • Is IVF an Ongoing Experiment?
  • Reprogenetics
  • The Artificial Womb (AW)
  • A Survey of Lay Peoples Attitudes Toward the Artificial Womb and Ectogenesis in Israel.

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