Reproductive Ethics.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 - Assisted reproductive technology in Australia -- What is assisted reproductive technology? -- Infertility and its causes -- Women now have clearer statistics on whether IVF is likely to work -- Assisted reproductive technology in Australia and New Zealand -- Financial motives drive some doctors' decisions to offer IVF -- Your questions answered on donor conception and IVF -- Chapter 2 - Ethics of reproductive medicine -- Updated assisted reproductive technology guidelines -- Ethical issues in reproductive medicine -- Bioethical concerns regarding reproductive technology -- Frozen in time: clarifying laws on IVF embryo use and destruction -- IVF/ART and the right to life -- Rethinking funding and priorities in IVF - should the state pay for people to have babies? -- Ageing and assisted reproduction: we need to talk -- Four myths about IVF in older women -- Secrets and lies: why donor-conceived children need to know their origins -- Women who donate their eggs deserve compensation - here's why -- Rights of donor children must come before egg donation compensation -- Egg freezing: more women are putting motherhood on ice, but is it making us complacent about fertility? -- Fertility preservation: ethical guidelines -- Egg freezing won't insure women against infertility or help break the glass ceiling -- Sex selection: ethical guidelines -- National guidelines oppose IVF sex selection -- Parent planning - we should be allowed to choose our children's sex -- Parent planning - we shouldn't be allowed to choose our children's sex -- Collection and use of gametes from the deceased and dying: ethical guidelines -- Posthumous assisted reproduction -- Surrogacy explained -- Surrogacy: ethical guidelines -- Surrogacy booming in Australia despite legal issues -- Can surrogacy be ethical?.

Exploring issues - worksheets and activities -- Fast facts -- Glossary -- Web links -- Index.

Explores ethical concerns and opinions on issues involving assisted reproductive technology including IVF; egg and sperm donation; egg freezing; preimplantation genetic screening; sex selection; and surrogacy. Are Australian guidelines and laws in step with the many ways we can now reproduce ourselves?.

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