1st Edition

Feminist Approaches To Bioethics Theoretical Reflections And Practical Applications

By Rosemarie Putnam Tong Copyright 1997
288 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

No other cluster of medical issues affects the genders as differently as those related to procreation—contraception, sterilization, abortion, artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, and genetic screening. Yet the moral diversity among feminists has led to political fragmentation, foiling efforts to create policies that are likely to serve the interests of the largest... Read more
Prologue -- Theoretical Overview -- Nonfeminist Approaches to Ethics -- Feminist Approaches to Ethics -- Nonfeminist Approaches to Bioethics -- Feminist Approaches to Bioethics -- Practical Applications -- Nonfeminist and Feminist Perspectives on Contraception and Sterilization -- Nonfeminist and Feminist Perspectives on Abortion -- Nonfeminist and Feminist Perspectives on Artificial Insemination and In-Vitro Fertilization -- Feminist and Nonfeminist Perspectives on Surrogacy -- Feminist and Nonfeminist Perspectives on Genetic Screening, Diagnosis, Counseling, and Therapy -- Epilogue

Biography

Rosemarie Putnam Tong