Private Choices, Public Consequences: Reproductive Technology and the New Ethics of Conception, Pregnancy, and Family

Private Choices, Public Consequences explores the complex issues surrounding reproductive technology, weaving together the personal stories of the people affected by these issues and the knowledge of the professionals who have studied the consequences. Through dozens of real life stories, Lyn Fenwick explores such explosive issues as: •Genetic testing and engineering •Surrogacy •Fertility drugs and treatments •Criminal prosecution for a mother's prenatal substance abuse •Menopausal motherhood Fetal tissue transplants and much more This timely book forces readers to probe their minds on issues of privacy, the rights of mothers, fathers, and babies, and what to do with the technology that has changed the way we look at reproduction. Readers will explore the issues through the lives of people who have faced difficult reproductive choices and sometimes have had to make compromises, resulting with their consequences. Those who thought they knew how they felt about these issues will find their own beliefs challenged and their eyes opened as they read this passionate and important book.