Preface -- -- Preface to paperback edition -- 1. Is birth important? / Robert Lee and Derek Morgan -- 2. Birthrights : equal or special? / Elizabeth Kingdom -- 3. Establishing guidelines : regulation and the clinical management of infertility / Frances Price -- 4. Surrogacy : an introductory essay / Derek Morgan -- 5. Should we experiment on embryos? / John Harris -- 6. 'What shall we tell the children?' : reflections on children's perspectives and the reproduction revolution / Katherine O'Donovan -- 7. Fathers in law? : the case of aid / John Dewar -- 8. A lesser sacrifice? : sterilization and mentally handicapped women / Robert Lee and Derek Morgan -- 9. Abortion : a rights issue? / Linda Clarke -- 10. To be or not to be : is that the question? : the claim of wrongful life / Robert Lee -- 11. 'Otherwise kill me' : marginal children and ethics at the edges of existence / Celia Wells
Summary
Should surrogacy be allowed? What guidelines are needed to control in vitro fertilization programmes? Birthrights challenges the ethical basis for the legal regulation of matters surrounding birth
