Beyond conception: The new politics of reproduction (Women in society)

Beyond Conception is a feminist critique of the new reproductive and genetic technologies whose impact has been most apparent since the birth of the first 'test-tube' baby. The author finds that these technologies are not created in women's interest. Instead, they require the subordination of women to the interests of medical scientists, eugenicists, the burgeoning biotechnology industry and the family. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-7 Setting the ethic....Pages 8-33 Status of the embryo....Pages 34-55 IVF on women....Pages 56-64 The domain of medicine....Pages 65-83 The status of scientific knowledge....Pages 84-111 The new genetics....Pages 112-132 The new eugenics....Pages 133-154 A matter of state interest....Pages 155-179 Transforming reality....Pages 180-193 Back Matter....Pages 194-251