Everything ConceivableAward-winning journalist Liza Mundy captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind the controversial, multibillion-dollar fertility industry, and examines how this huge social experiment is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species.Skyrocketing infertility rates and dizzying technological advances are revolutionizing American families and changing the way we think about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. Using in-depth reporting and riveting anecdotal material from doctors, families, surrogates, sperm and egg donors, infertile men and women, single and gay and lesbian parents, and children conceived through technology, Mundy explores the impact of assisted reproduction on individuals as well as the ethical issues raised and the potentially vast social consequences. The unforgettable personal stories in Everything Conceivable run the gamut from joyous to tragic; all of them raise questions we dare not ignore. |
Contents
Women and the Dilemmas of Modern Motherhood | |
Every Man a Father Every Man Infertile | |
ART and the Evolving Human Family 5 Sperm Bank Helps Lesbians Get Pregnant How Women Changed the Sperm Banking Industryand the Make... | |
Gay Fatherhood Through Surrogacy | |
Single Mothers by Choice and the Magazine Article That Made Them | |
The Big Family by Overnight Delivery | |
The Advent of HighOrder Multiples | |
Selective Reduction ARTs BestKept Secret | |
The New Singleton | |
Americas Frozen Human Embryo Glut | |
Ethics Feminism and | |
Reproductive Science and the Future of Our Families | |
Acknowledgments | |
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