This book discusses artificial insemination, donor insemination, hormone drug therapies, microsurgery, in vitro fertilization, and surrogacy, and the ethical, moral, and social questions that have come into existence because of these medical discoveries.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Introduction: Reproductive technology: new hope for infertile couples -- Treating male infertility: artificial and donor insemination -- Fertility enhancement: drug therapy and microsurgery -- The keystone of assisted reproduction: in vitro fertilization -- Surrogacy, egg donation, and embryo adoption -- Preventing inherited disease: preimplantation genetic diagnosis -- Drawing the line: ethical, moral, and social questions.