The politics of pregnancy : policy dilemmas in the maternal-fetal relationship / Janna C. Merrick, Robert H. Blank, editors.
| Other author | Merrick, Janna C. |
| Other author | Blank, Robert H. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Haworth Press, ©1993. |
| Description | 247 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Reproductive technology : pregnant women, the fetus, and the courts / Robert H. Blank -- The moral permissibility of in utero experimentation / Bambi E.S. Robinson -- Good, bad, and captive Samaritans : adding-in pregnancy and consent to the abortion debate / Eileen L. McDonagh -- Webster and the rights to life / Jay E. Kantor -- Caring for the fetus to protect the born child? : ethical and legal dilemmas in coerced obstetrical intervention / Janna C. Merrick -- What is the purpose of neonatal drug testing? : towards a rational social policy / Robert M. Nelson -- The war at home : positivism, law, and the prosecution of pregnant women / Thomas C. Shevory -- At women's expense : the costs of fetal rights / Rachel Roth -- Analyzing employer motives : evaluating the "scientific evidence" upon which fetal protection policies were based / Suzanne Uttaro Samuels. |
| Contents | Who is protected? : what's wrong with exclusionary policies / Sally J. Kenney -- Women's rights vs. "fetal rights" : politics, law and reproductive hazards in the workplace / Julianna S. Gonen -- In the interest of the fetus : mandatory prenatal classes in the workplace / Rosalind Ladd, Lynn Pasquerella, Sheri Smith -- Surrogate motherhood : implications for the mother-fetus relationship / Cherylon Robinson. |
| General note | "Has also been published as Women & politics, volume 13, numbers 3/4, 1993." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93005723 |
| ISBN | 156024478X (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 1560230479 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |