Brings together work, by a group of contributors from various fields and perspectives, on ethical, social, and legal issues raised by advances in reproductive technology. This title discusses topics that include gender and race selection, genetic engineering, fertility treatment, ovarian tissue transfer, and post-menopausal pregnancy.

Introduction ; 1. Rights and Reproductive Choice ; 2. On the Concept of Pre-embryo: The Basis for a New 'Copernican Revolution' in the Current View about Human Reproduction ; 3. Eugenics: Some Lessons from the Nazi Experience ; 4. Reproductive Rights: Feminism or Patriarchy? ; 5. A Woman's Right to Choose? A Feminist Critique ; 6. Embedding the Embryo ; 7. The Price of Eggs: Who Should Bear the Costs of Fertility Treatments? ; 8. Sperm as Property ; 9. The Ethics of Consent to the Use of Ovarian Tissue from Aborted Fetuses and Dead Women ; 10. Ethical Issues in Pre-implantation Diagnosis ; 11. Reproductive Choice: A Muslim Perspective ; 12. To Everything there is a Season? Are There Medical Grounds for Refusing Fertility Treatment to Older Women? ; 13. The Post-menopause: Playground

`The diversity of subjects offers reflections on the beginnings of life as well as on posterity, hierachy of values and justice in health care resource allocation. Each of them provokes new thoughts and stimulates dialogue. The book does not offer easy or simple solutions. It shows the potential of free choice and yet sends a message of warning.' Maria E. Sokalska, Europn Jnl of Health Law, 7: 2000. `I would strongly recommend the book to philosophers, bio-ethic specialists, clinicians, social scientists and lawyers. It should not only reach countries represented by its authors, where public discussion has had a longstanding tradition, but also those where the dilemmas of medical progress are not yet reflected in legal regulations.' Maria E. Sokalska, Europn Jnl of Health Law, 7: 2000. `provides a multidisciplinary survey of the complex issues associated with the novel reporductive choices now available ... it has all the strengths of a collaborative attempt which brings a variety of disciplines and experiences to bear on what is an extremely complex area of decision-making ... a stimulating and thought-provoking book and a real contribution to an area where is as yet little writing of any quality.' Pat Walsh, Medical Law Review, 7, Autumn 1999 `this is a worthwhile collection of new essays ... useful ... to have a collection of essays all written in the kind of style associated with the best scientific journalism; not too technical, nor scaremongering' Baroness Mary Warnock, Times Higher Education Supplement `Each chapter is unique, some written in literary style, others in data specific/research format; what binds them together is the provacative way in which each confronts the matters of public versus private regulation of reproductive technologies. A resource for anyone who is grappling with any of the debates surrounding reproductive technology.' N Krusko, CHOICE October 1999 Vol 37 no 2 `The 14 essays in this small volume provide an extremely useful and highly readable overview of the key moral, legal, and social themes raised by new ways of making babies...Those who are looking for a resource that can help them explore what is often an ethically complex and emotional topic could not do better then to spend some time reading these essays.'' Arthur Caplan, BMJ vol.318, 3 April 1999 `This book is exciting, provacative and is a must for all those working in the field of human reproduction, but it is also for politicians, parents and people who are interested in the world around them.' Ulla Fasting, Nursing Ethics 1999 6

Highly topical: the latest thinking on a subject of enormous current interest Offers practical as well as theoretical suggestions Interdisciplinary: features philosophers, doctors, lawyers, and social scientists International: features contributors from Britain, Europe, the Americas, and Egypt A variety of approaches, including feminist and Islamic, are represented All essays specially written for this collection

John Harris is Professor of Bioethics and Applied Philosophy, and Director of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, at the University of Manchester. Søren Holm has a Chair in Bioethics at the Cardiff Institute for Society, Health and Ethics and is the director of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society

Highly topical: the latest thinking on a subject of enormous current interest Offers practical as well as theoretical suggestions Interdisciplinary: features philosophers, doctors, lawyers, and social scientists International: features contributors from Britain, Europe, the Americas, and Egypt A variety of approaches, including feminist and Islamic, are represented All essays specially written for this collection