Perfecting pregnancy: Law, disability, and the future of reproduction

Karpin, I; Savell, K

Perfecting pregnancy: Law, disability, and the future of reproduction

Karpin, I

Savell, K

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Citation:: 2012, pp. 1 - 381
Issue Date:: 2012-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Karpin, I https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9326-3421	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Savell, K	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2012, pp. 1 - 381	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780521765206	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17722
dc.description.abstract	© Isabel Karpin and Kristin Savell 2012. 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.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/CBO9781139045476	en_US
dc.title	Perfecting pregnancy: Law, disability, and the future of reproduction	en_US
dc.type	Book
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HJ - Health Justice
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Abstract:

© Isabel Karpin and Kristin Savell 2012. 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.

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