Presents essays reflecting opposing opinions on the issue of reproductive technology, discussing whether such medical advances are harmful or beneficial, at what age women should stop having babies, surrogate motherhood, unethical treatment of embryos, and regulation of the field.
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ch. 1. Do reproductive technologies impact society? -- 1. Reproductive technologies destroy families / Tricia Smith Vaughan -- 2. Reproductive technologies help families / Bonnie Gilbert -- 3. Egg donation puts women at risk / Judy Norsigian -- 4. Egg donation brings joy to women / Heidi and "Tawni," interviewed by Nell Bernstein -- 5. Future harms of reproductive technologies are worth opposing now / Sujatha Jesudason -- ch. 2. What ethical issues arise in reproductive technologies? -- 1. Embryos deserve the moral status of persons / Rogeer Hoedemaekers -- 2. Embryos do not deserve the moral status of persons / Michael J. Sandel -- 3. A secular regard for the human body means restricting reproductive technologies / Ingrid Schneider -- 4. A secular regard for human liberty means allowing reproductive technologies / John A. Robertson -- 5. Intervention in god's plan for natural reproduction is wrong / John B. Shea -- 6. Religion should not interfere in bioethics / George Dvorsky -- ch. 3. Should limits be placed on current reproductive technologies? -- 1. Some reproductive technologies should be suspended / Elizabeth Marquardt -- 2. Some reproductive technologies should be allowed to proceed with caution / Paul Lauritzen -- 3. Sex selection technologies should be left to parental choice / Edgar Dahl -- 4. Sex selection technologies should not be left to parental choice / Marcy Darnovsky -- 5. Older women should be allowed to use reproductive technologies to become mothers / Jennie Bristow -- 6. Older women should be discouraged from using reproductive technologies to become mothers / Jamie Borland -- 7. The government should support embryo adoptions / Daniel I. Wallance -- 8. Embryo adoptions are a waste of government money / Arthur Caplan -- ch. 4. Should new reproductive technologies be pursued? -- 1. Research cloning is a threat / Charles Krauthammer -- 2. Research cloning is not likely to be a threat / Robin Marantz Henig -- 3. Parents should be free to use "designer baby" technologies / Krista Conger -- 4. Society should restrict "designer baby" technologies / Shannon Brownlee.