human reproductive technology

An exploration of human reproductive technology that provides background information and historical details, discusses related issues, and provides facts and figures.

Discusses the steps that are followed when conception cannot be natural and explains the controversy, costs, and positive and negative effects that can result from various forms of fertilization.

A collection of articles dealing with the issue of human cloning written by the most respected scientists, philosophers, theologians, and law professors of the twentieth century.

Examines some of the ethical questions raised by the capabilities of modern medicine.

Presents a model for the family in the twenty-first century that moves beyond the traditional family structure, discussing children's needs and such topics as transracial and open adoption, unwed fathers, sperm and egg sales, surrogate motherhood, and same-sex parenting.

Presents a collection of essays that discuss various topics pertaining to human reproductive technology, from the screening of embryos to the proposed ability for parents to choose the sex of their child.

Explores how scientific research is leading to discoveries that may have the power to reverse aging, enhance memory and performance, and allow communication through robots and the Internet and examines the ethical debates surrounding those advances.

Presents insight into the situation of fertility.

A collection of twenty-one controversial essays that debate the moral and ethic issues associated with reproductive technology including artificial insemination and sperm banks, surrogate mothering, and human cloning.

Examines genetic science and its implications for the future of creating so-called designer babies by choosing specific genetic traits, considers the ethics of human genetic engineering, and includes case studies.