Private choices, public consequences
Subtitle: reproductive technology and the new ethics of conception, pregnancy, and family
By: Lynda Beck Fenwick.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.; Human reproductive technology -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Human reproductive technology -- Government policy -- United States.
Description: "There is perhaps no right more private or precious than the right to beget a child. Yet recent choices by people exercising that right have aroused public controversy. Traditional family planning now routinely includes such options as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, and the use of surrogates, donor gametes, fetal surgery, and genetic preselection are becoming increasingly common. New reproductive alternatives are causing Americans to ask: Who is a parent?

How far should we got to conceive a baby? And what makes a family? Perhaps the most controversial question of all is: Who should decide the difference between what is right and what is wrong now that so much is possible?" "Private Choices, Public Consequences examines the legal, ethical, and moral dilemmas of new reproductive alternatives, not only from the perspective of the experts but also from the real-life experiences of the people who have struggled with complex decisions.".

"Private Choices, Public Consequences will open your eyes to both the amazing reproductive choices some people are making today and the far-reaching public consequences of their decisions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-380) and index.