Perfecting Pregnancy - Law, Disability, and the Future of Reproduction

Informationen zum Autor Isabel Karpin is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney. Kristin Savell is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. Klappentext Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as preconception testing, non-intrusive prenatal testing and more extensive preimplantation testing promise to increase that access further still. The result may be greater reproductive choice, but it also increases the burden on women and men to avail themselves of these technologies in order to avoid having a child with a disability. The overwhelming question for legislators has been whether and, if so, how to regulate the use of these technologies in the face of compelling but seemingly contradictory claims about the advancement of reproductive choice and the dangers of eugenic or discriminatory effects. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws. Zusammenfassung Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Disability; 2. Risk; 3. Terminations; 4. De-selections; 5. Interpretations; 6. Futures.

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• Authors: Isabel Karpin, Isabel (University of Technology Karpin, Isabel Savell Karpin, Karpin Isabel, Kristin Savell, Savell Kristin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2014
• EAN: 9780521758390
• ISBN: 978-0-521-75839-0
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and P; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Law, LAW / Health, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Medical & healthcare law, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medicolegal issues, Medical and healthcare law, Disability and the law