Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine Book 43)

'Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender' brings together three tightly related topics, which have so far been dealt separately in bioethics: assisted reproduction, enhancing and gender. Part one in this book targets present policies and legislature of assisted reproduction. Part two focuses on current views of the ethics of PGD and enhancing. Part three tackles the future of gender. Part four deals with artificial wombs and ectogenesis. The aim of this book is to provide a joint perspective in order to get the big picture. Contributors include Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, Søren Holm, David Heyd, Daniel Callahan, Harriet Bradley, Ekaterina Balabanova and others. Some chapters in this book will significantly contribute to the current discussion of the topics at stake; other chapters will start a discussion on issues that have not yet been discussed. 'Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender' will certainly appeal to readers who are interested in any of the intersecting topics of assisted reproduction, genetic enhancing and gender; bioethicists, sociologists, genetic counsellors, gynaecologists, legislators, and students of the relevant disciplines. Springer 1402089414 1 Reprogen-ethics and the Future of Gender 4 Contents 10 Introduction 16 Part I: ART – A 30 Years Retrospective 28 1. Current Status of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) 30 2. The Medicalization of Reproduction – A 30 Year Retrospective 44 3. Conceiving a New Right to Procreate 52 Part II: ART – Mind the Gap 68 4. 'Can't Avoid It, Can't Afford It': Assisted Reproduction in Israel and Bulgaria 70 5. Assisted Reproduction in Developing Countries: The Debate at a Turning Point 80 6. Ethical and Socio-Cultural Aspects that Influence ART in Latin America 94 Part III: Gendered Futures 104 7. Women, Work, and Children: Is There a Solution? 106 8. Between Fecklessness and Selfishness: Is There a Biologically Optimal Time for Motherhood? 120 9. Gendered Futures: Reproduction and Production in Women's Lives 134 Part IV: Parenting 148 10. Is Transferred Parental Responsibility Legitimately Enforceable? 150 11. Reproduction, Responsibility and Rationality 166 12. Male or Female We Will Create Them: The Ethics of Sex Selection for Non-medical Reasons 176 Part V: Non-gendered Futures 190 13. Artificial Reproductive Technologies and the Advent of the Artificial Womb 192 14. Human Before Sex? Ectogenesis as a Way to Equality 202 15. The Glass Womb 212 16. A Survey of People's Attitude Towards the Artificial Womb and Ectogenesis in Israel 226 Index 236 A 236 B 236 C 236 D 236 E 237 F 237 G 237 H 237 I 237 J 237 K 238 L 238 M 238 N 238 O 238 P 238 R 238 S 238 T 239 U 239 V 239 W 239 Z 239 ISBN-13:,9789048124749 ISBN-13: 9789048124749 Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Current Status of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART)....Pages 15-27 The Medicalization of Reproduction – A 30 Year Retrospective....Pages 29-36 Conceiving a New Right to Procreate....Pages 37-52 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 ‘Can’t Avoid It, Can’t Afford It’: Assisted Reproduction in Israel and Bulgaria....Pages 55-64 Assisted Reproduction in Developing Countries: The Debate at a Turning Point....Pages 65-77 Ethical and Socio-Cultural Aspects that Influence ART in Latin America....Pages 79-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Women, Work, and Children: Is There a Solution?....Pages 91-104 Between Fecklessness and Selfishness: Is There a Biologically Optimal Time for Motherhood?....Pages 105-117 Gendered Futures: Reproduction and Production in Women’s Lives....Pages 119-132 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Is Transferred Parental Responsibility Legitimately Enforceable?....Pages 135-149 Reproduction, Responsibility and Rationality....Pages 151-160 Male or Female We Will Create Them: The Ethics of Sex Selection for Non-medical Reasons....Pages 161-173 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Artificial Reproductive Technologies and the Advent of the Artificial Womb....Pages 177-186 Human Before Sex? Ectogenesis as a Way to Equality....Pages 187-195 The Glass Womb....Pages 197-209 A Survey of People’s Attitude Towards the Artificial Womb and Ectogenesis in Israel....Pages 211-219 Back Matter....Pages 221-224