Bibliograph

Perfecting pregnancy, law, disability, and the future of reproduction, Isabel Karpin, University of Technology, Sydney, Kristin Savell, University of Sydney

Type

Label

Perfecting pregnancy, law, disability, and the future of reproduction, Isabel Karpin, University of Technology, Sydney, Kristin Savell, University of Sydney

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Perfecting pregnancy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

797919714

Responsibility statement

Isabel Karpin, University of Technology, Sydney, Kristin Savell, University of Sydney

Series statement

Cambridge disability law and policy seriesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

law, disability, and the future of reproduction

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Disability -- Risk -- Terminations -- Deselections -- Interpretations -- Futures

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