Perfecting Pregnancy: Law, Disability, and the Future of Reproduction (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series)

Karpin, Isabel, Savell, Kristin

ISBN 10: 052176520X / ISBN 13: 9780521765206

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perfecting Pregnancy: Law, Disability, and the Future of Reproduction (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052176520X
• ISBN 13: 9780521765206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as preconception testing, noninvasive prenatal testing, and more extensive preimplantation testing promise to increase that access further still. The result may be greater reproductive choice, but it also increases the burden on women and men to avail themselves of these technologies in order to avoid having a child who has a disability. The overwhelming question for legislators has been whether and, if so, how to regulate the use of these technologies in the face of compelling but seemingly contradictory claims about the advancement of reproductive choice and the dangers of eugenic or discriminatory effects. This book examines the evolution of this legislative oversight across a number of jurisdictions and explores the tensions and ambiguities that inform these laws.

About the Authors

Isabel Karpin is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Kristin Savell is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney.