The Politics of Pregnancy

Policy Dilemmas in the Maternal-Fetal Relationship

Janna C. Merrick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

262 Seiten

1994
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56023-047-2 (ISBN)

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Here is a comprehensive overview and analysis of issues concerning the maternal-fetal relationship, from abortion to surrogate motherhood. Unlike many books which cover reproductive issues in general, this book focuses in-depth on one aspect of reproduction--the maternal-fetal relationship--to give readers a detailed study of the many issues involved. The Politics of Pregnancy discusses public policy dimensions of this relationship and posits new, critical political dilemmas. Many chapters in this unique book also provide significant clinical information as well as conceptual analysis.The Politics of Pregnancy offers great diversity in terms of the disciplinary backgrounds of the authors and their ideological perspectives. Authors come from many fields, including sociology, political science, pediatrics, ethics, and psychiatry, and provide diverse, sometimes opposing, analytical positions. Some of the topics they debate include:

maternal substance use during pregnancy
prenatal technology
pregnancy and workplace hazards
court-ordered obstetrical intervention
fetal experimentationReaders interested in public and health care policy, nursing, feminism, pediatrics, or ethics, will find The Politics of Pregnancy to be a stimulating and thought-provoking book. This volume also makes an excellent discussion tool for graduate courses in these areas.

Janna C Merrick

Contents
Reproductive Technology: Pregnant Women, the Fetus, and the Courts

The Moral Permissibility of in Utero(in ital.) Experimentation
Good, Bad, and Captive Samaritans: Adding-In Pregnancy and Consent to the Abortion Debate
Webster and the Rights to Life
Caring for the Fetus to Protect the Born Child? Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Coerced Obstetrical Intervention
What Is the Purpose of Neonatal Drug Testing? Towards a Rational Social Policy
The War at Home: Positivism, Law, and the Prosecution of Pregnant Women
At Women’s Expense: The Costs of Fetal Rights
Analyzing Employer Motives: Evaluating the “Scientific Evidence” Upon Which Fetal Protection Policies Were Based
Who Is Protected? What’s Wrong With Exclusionary Policies
Women’s Rights vs. “Fetal Rights”: Politics, Law and Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace
In the Interest of the Fetus; Mandatory Prenatal Classes in the Workplace
Surrogate Motherhood: Implications for the Mother-Fetus Relationship
Reference Notes Included
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.4.1994
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 216 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-56023-047-9 / 1560230479
ISBN-13	978-1-56023-047-2 / 9781560230472
Zustand	Neuware