Full Description
In Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent, Jose Van Dyck sketches a map of the public debate on new reproductive technologies as it has evolved in the USA and Britain since 1978. Many people have participated in heated discussions on test-tube babies and in vitro fertilization, particularly medical researchers and feminists. The new technologies have been both embraced as the cure to infertility and condemned as the exploitation of women's bodies. Reconstructing this debate, Van Dyck juxtaposes a variety of textual material, from scientific articles to newspaper articles and works of fiction.
Contents
Acknowledgements - Introduction: Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent - Mapping the Public Debate on New Reproductive Technologies - Reading Science, Journalism and Fiction as Culture - Constructing the Need for Reproductive Technologies - Feminist Assessments of New Reproductive Technologies - From Cure to Commodity: The Naturalization of IVF - From Need to Right: The Legalization of Genetic Motherhood - From Legalization to Legislation: Race and Age as Determining Factors - Conclusion - Notes - Works Cited - Index
