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 InfoNew York : Haworth Press, ©1993.
Description247 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 93005723
ISBN156024478X (acid-free paper)
ISBN1560230479 (pbk. : acid-free paper)