New ways of making babies
Subtitle: the case of egg donation
By: edited by Cynthia B. Cohen ; commissioned by the National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction.
Contributors: Cohen, Cynthia B.; National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction.
Series: Medical ethics series
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Ovum -- Transplantation -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: In this book, leading scholars investigate the difficult ethical, legal, and policy issues that surround egg donation and the new reproductive technologies as a whole. Of special interest are feminist inquiries into perceptions of women involved in egg donation; the effects of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status on the uses of such technologies; and moral and theological questions about whether third-party gamete donation should be used at all.

In addition, the book describes procedures at four egg-donation centers in the United States, including private for-profit and university-based non-profit programs, and presents a new set of guidelines from the National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction (NABER), a panel in the private sector with members from the fields of ethics, theology, law, medicine, genetics, and public policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.