Reproductive Laws for the 1990s (1989) (Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society)
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- Synopsis
- The Project on Reproductive Laws for the 1990s began in 1985 with the realization that reports of scientific developments and new technologies were stimulating debates and discussions among bioethicists and policymakers, and that women had little part in those discussions either as participants or as a group with interests to be considered. With the help of a planning grant from the Rutgers University Institute for Research on Women, the Women's Rights Litigation Clinic at Rutgers University Law School-Newark held a planning meeting that June attended by approximately 20 theorists and activists in the area of reproductive rights. Project purposes, methods, and general shape took form at the meeting. Two goals have characterized the Project's work since then: first, to generate discussion, debate, and, where possible, consensus among those committed to reproductive autonomy and gender equality as to how best to respond to the questions raised by reĀ ported advances in reproductive and neonatal technology and new modes of reproduction; and second, to ensure that those shaping reproductive law and policy appreciate the ramifications of these developments for gender equality. In meeting this twofold agenda, the Project focused on six areas: time limits on abortion; prenatal screening; fetus as patient; reproductive hazards in the workplace; interference with reproductive choice; and alternative modes of reproduction. The Project identified individuals to take responĀ sibility for drafting model legislation and position papers in the six areas (for the drafters, see the Appendix).
- Copyright:
- 1989
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781461237105
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780896031579
- Publisher:
- Humana Press, Totowa, NJ
- Date of Addition:
- 02/23/21
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
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