The Clone Age : Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology

Lori Andrews passed her bar exam the day the first test-tube baby was born. Since that time she has become the world's most visible expert on the legal and ethical implications of reproductive technology, sought after to assess the rights of cryonically susped severed heads, the legal entanglements of surrogate motherhood, and the ethics of creating babies from dead men's sperm. She has been an advisor on genetic and reproductive technology to the president and Congress, the World Health Organization, the FBI, and such oddly interested parties as the emirate of Dubai. In this provocative memoir, she relates her experiences, unmasking the bizarre motives and methods of a new breed of scientist, bringing to life the wrenching issues we all face as venture capital floods medical research, technology races ahead of legal and ethical ground rules, and ordinary people struggle to maintain both human dignity and their own emotional balance. "Lori Andrews passed her bar exam the day the first test-tube baby was born. Since then she has become the world's most visible expert on the legal and ethical implications of reproductive technology. She is sought after to assess the entanglements of surrogate motherhood, the ethics of creating babies from dead men's sperm, and the propriety of human cloning."--BOOK JACKET. "In this provocative memoir, Andrews tells how she has explored the ethical and legal ramifications of a vast array of developments in this exploding and unregulated field. Along the way, she addresses profound and disturbing questions: Is a human embryo property, a person, or something else entirely? Should parents be able to buy genes for superior intelligence or athletic ability for their children? Should doctors and scientists be allowed to profit from patenting their patients' genes?"--BOOK JACKET. "Over the last twenty years, Andrews has faced all these issues. In The Clone Age, she unmasks the bizarre motives and methods of a new breed of doctors and scientists and addresses the wrenching issues we face as venture capital floods medical research, technology races ahead of legal and ethical ground rules, and ordinary people struggle to maintain both human dignity and their own emotional balance."--BOOK JACKET. An Authority On The Legal And Ethical Ramifications Of Reproductive Technology Discusses The History Of Biotechnology, The Future Of Genetic Research, And Related Moral Issues. Creating Life In The Lab -- Monitoring Medicine -- Multiple Choice -- Souls On Ice -- Whose Baby Is It Anyway? -- Cybermate -- Wombs For Rent -- The X Vials -- Admission Standards For Birth -- Island Secrets -- Gene Prospecting -- Genetic Politics -- More Oversight For A Tattoo -- The Sperminator -- The Clone Rangers -- A Clone-free Zone? Lori B. Andrews. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-264). An authority on the legal and ethical ramifications of reproductive technology discusses the history of biotechnology, the future of genetic research, and the issues that result when technology outstrips the moral concerns that it generates. Reprint.