New Ways of Making Babies - Hardcover

by Cynthia B. Cohen (Editor)

". . . extremely valuable. [This book] addresses exactly the right questions in a balanced, nuanced way." --Journal of the American Medical Association

"Cohen's book is a major contribution to the literature of the inevitable." --Medical Humanities Review

"This book provides readers with an insightful overview of the practice of oocyte donation, the broader issues raised by this innovative yet problematic technology and, given the recommendations of NABER, how these issues mights be resolved. . . . Well written, structured, researched, and thought-provoking, this book makes a timely, important, and worthwhile contribution to the growing body of reproductive technology scholarship." --Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Home Page

"Detailed notes; extensive references; comprehensive research . . . Recommended . . ." --Choice

Leading scholars investigate the difficult ethical, legal, and policy issues that surround egg donation and the new reproductive technologies as a whole. In addition, the book describes procedures at four egg-donation centers and presents a new set of guidelines from the National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction.

Back Jacket

In this book, leading scholars investigate the difficult ethical, legal, and policy issues that surround egg donation and the new reproductive technologies as a whole. Of special interest are feminist inquiries into perceptions of women involved in egg donation; the effects of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status on the uses of such technologies; and moral and theological questions about whether third-party gamete donation should be used at all. In addition, the book describes procedures at four egg-donation centers in the United States, including private for-profit and university-based non-profit programs, and presents a new set of guidelines from the National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction (NABER), a panel in the private sector with members from the fields of ethics, theology, law, medicine, genetics, and public policy.

Author Biography

CYNTHIA B. COHEN is Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and Adjunct Associate at the Hastings Center. She is the former Executive Director of NABER and has published extensively in the field of medical ethics, including editing the Casebook on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Care of the Dying.