The growing use of assisted reproduction, including sperm donation, gamete donation, and surrogate motherhood, has raised a number of ethical issues in common with adoption. These issues include the parties' roles, such as which parties are considered the legal parent; anonymity and the balance between the right to privacy of donors and the right of persons to medical or other background information; and concerns related to the growing role of money and market forces in each area.
Adoption and Assisted Reproduction reviews not only the available literature, but the wide range of current case law and statutes. This book will be an invaluable tool for all adoption professionals, and will hopefully serve as a first step toward a full discussion of the unresolved issues that professionals currently confront in both policy and practice.
This is the fourth title in a series on adoption and ethics developed by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and designed to provide an overview of the current knowledge base on key adoption policy and practice issues.
