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An exploration of the policy dilemmas with new fertility control techniques, this volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of the subject's technical, legal, and political dimensions. Robert H. Blank provides a detailed discussion of current state laws and court decisions, and extensive analysis of new fertility control techniques and their social and policy implications.
Blank describes the political, institutional, and constitutional context of fertility control in the United States, examining the relationship between social structures and rapid advances in biomedical technology. He details innovations in fertility control, particularly reversible methods, and reviews the legal context of both voluntary and non-consensual sterilization. Examining the myriad contemporary policy issues relating to fertility control, this book offers insights for devising a rational fertility control policy that will maximize benefits and minimize potential abuses. Written for the informed layperson, it is will also be valuable to professionals in health, policy analysis, bioethics, family planning, and public policy.
List of contents
U.S. Fertility Control Policy: A Framework
Contemporary Fertility Control: Techniques and Their Use in the United States
Voluntary Sterilization: A Developing Legal Consensus
Nonconsensual Sterilization: The Continuing Controversy
Contemporary Issues in Fertility Control
Fertility Control Policy: The Legal/Political Future
Appendixes
Court Cases
Index
About the author
ROBERT H. BLANK is a Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University and the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is author of numerous books and articles, including
Biomedical Technology and Public Policy (Greenwood Press, 1989), and
Regulating Reproduction.
