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Beyond Baby M

Ethical Issues in New Reproductive Techniques

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Dianne M. Bartels

    1. Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. Reinhard Priester

    1. Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  3. Dorothy E. Vawter

    1. Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  4. Arthur L. Caplan

    1. Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Arthur L. Caplan
      Pages 1-6

  3. Society and Reproductive Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Recreating Motherhood

      • Barbara Katz Rothman
      Pages 9-27

    3. Science, Conscience, and Public Policy

      • John M. Eyler
      Pages 29-43

    4. Current Religious Perspectives on the New Reproductive Techniques

      • Baruch Brody
      Pages 45-63

    5. Essential Ethical Considerations for Public Policy on Assisted Reproduction

      • Carol Tauer
      Pages 65-86

  4. Treatment of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Medical Techniques for Assisted Reproduction

      • George Tagatz
      Pages 89-110

    3. Infertility and the Role of the Federal Government

      • Gary B. Ellis
      Pages 111-130

    4. Sexuality and Assisted Reproduction

      • Kathy J. Harowski
      Pages 131-147

    5. Arguing with Success

      • Arthur L. Caplan
      Pages 149-170

  5. Surrogate Motherhood

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Surrogacy Arrangements

      • Dianne M. Bartels
      Pages 173-181

    3. The Case of Baby M

      • Janna C. Merrick
      Pages 183-200

    4. Surrogate Motherhood Agreements

      • James Bopp Jr.
      Pages 201-220

    5. The Vatican Instruction and Surrogate Motherhood

      • Richard Berquist
      Pages 221-234

    6. Surrogacy

      • Barbara Katz Rothman
      Pages 235-241

    7. Surrogacy and the Family

      • Adrienne Asch
      Pages 243-259

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 261-288
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About this book

Arthur L. Caplan It is commonly said, especially when the subject is assisted reproduction, that medical technology has out­ stripped our morality. Yet, as the essays in this volume make clear, that is not an accurate assessment of the situ­ ation. Medical technology has not overwhelmed our moral­ ity. It would be more accurate to say that our society has not yet achieved consensus about the complex ethical iss­ ues that arise when medicine tries to assist those who seek its services in order to reproduce. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of ethical opinion about what we ought to do with respect to the use of surrogate mothers, in vitro fertil­ ization, embryo transfer, artificial insemination, or fertil­ ity drugs. Nor is it entirely accurate to describe assisted repro­ duction as technology. The term "technology" carries with it connotations of machines buzzing and technicians scurrying about trying to control a vast array of equip­ ment. Yet, most of the methods used to assist reproduc­ tion that are discussed in this volume do not involve exotic technologies or complicated hardware. It is technique, more than technology, that dominates the field of assisted reproduction. Efforts to help the infertile by means of the manipu­ lation of human reproductive materials and organs date 1 2 Caplan back at least to Biblical times. Human beings have en­ gaged in all manner of sexual practices and manipulations in attempts to achieve reproduction when nature has balked at allowing life to begin.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Dianne M. Bartels, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Arthur L. Caplan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Baby M

  • Book Subtitle: Ethical Issues in New Reproductive Techniques

  • Editors: Dianne M. Bartels, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Arthur L. Caplan

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4510-0

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-166-1Published: 16 February 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8853-4Published: 20 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4510-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 288

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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