Bodies in Glass: Genetics, Eugenics, and Embryo Ethics [Paperback]

Deborah Lynn Steinberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0719046688 | ISBN-13: 978-0719046681

'Baby Drug Kills Test-Tube Mum', 'Black Couples Beg Me to Give Them White Babies': these headlines, along with recent debates over 'virgin births' parental rights over frozen embryos and 'gay genes' are characteristic of nearly two decades of popular controversies generated in the wake of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), recombinant genetics and related reproduction technologies. Bodies in Glass is an extensive analysis of feminist approaches to IVF and other new techniques covered by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Deborah Steinberg exlores the professional and legal cultures of IVF, selective breeding ideologies and embryo 'rights' politics in this innovative and topical book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Manchester University Press (March 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0719046688
• ISBN-13: 978-0719046681
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,962,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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