Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our WorldAward-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 Conceivablerun the gamut from joyous to tragic; all of them raise questions we dare not ignore. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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User Review - LudieGrace - LibraryThingAnyone who hopes to become a parent, or who is concerned about the societal impact of assisted reproductive technologies, should consider reading this book. Fascinating, and sobering. Read full review
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User Review - LudieGrace - LibraryThingAnyone who hopes to become a parent, or who is concerned about the societal impact of assisted reproductive technologies, should consider reading this book. Fascinating, and sobering. Read full review
Contents
The New Reproductive Landscape | 3 |
Women and the Dilemmas of Modern Motherhood | 24 |
Every Man a Father Every Man Infertile | 61 |
ART and | 87 |
Gay Fatherhood | 127 |
Single Mothers by Choice and the Magazine | 154 |
S ART and the Rights of the Child | 177 |
The Big Family | 205 |
Selective Reduction ARTS | 253 |
The New Singleton | 273 |
Americas Frozen Human Embryo Glut | 288 |
Ethics Feminism and ART | 307 |
Reproductive Science and | 331 |
Afterword to the Anchor Books Edition | 345 |
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The Advent | 221 |
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| Title | Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World |
| Author | Liza Mundy |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Anchor Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1400095379, 9781400095377 |
| Length | 412 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues Health & Fitness / Infertility Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects |
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