| Description |
xx, 406 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue : an unexpected development -- 1. The new reproductive landscape -- 2. Women and the dilemmas of modern motherhood -- 3. Every man a father, every man infertile -- 4. It takes a village to make a child : ART and the evolving human family -- 5. "Sperm bank helps lesbians get pregnant!" : how women changed the sperm-banking industry - and the makeup of the family -- 6. Two men and two babies : gay fatherhood though surrogacy -- 7. Single mothers by choice, and the magazine article that made them -- 8. ART and the rights of the child -- 9. Be fruitful and multiply : the big family, by overnight delivery -- 10. "It's always a party with triplets" : the advent of high-order multiples -- 11. Deleting fetuses : selective reduction, ART's best-kept secret -- 12. Twins : the new singleton -- 13. Souls on ice : America's frozen human embryo glut -- 14. Choice revisited : ethics, feminism, and ART -- Epilogue : reproductive science and the future of our families |
| Summary |
"Skyrocketing infertility rates and the accompanying explosion in reproductive technology are revolutionizing the American family and changing the way we think about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. In this work of investigative reporting, Liza Mundy, journalist for The Washington Post, captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind what is today a controversial, multi-billion-dollar industry, and examines how the huge social experiment that is assisted reproduction is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species." "Based on in-depth reporting from across the nation and around the world, using anecdotal material from doctors, families, and children - many of them now adults - conceived through in vitro fertilization, Mundy looks at the phenomena created by assisted reproduction and their ramifications."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-385) and index |
| Subject |
Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Human reproductive technology -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2006051432 |
| ISBN |
1400044286 |
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9781400044283 |
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