This book examines critical social-policy issues emerging from recent developments in human reproductive technology. It deals with a description of the current context of reproductive decision making and demonstrates how emerging technologies are producing complex and intense social-policy concerns.

List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. THE CONTEXT OF REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES -- 2. REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY: A STATE OF THE ART -- 3. THE CHANGING LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE -- 4. THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF FETAL RIGHTS -- 5. A FRAMEWORK FOR REPRODUCTIVE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES -- 6. REPRODUCTIVE POLICY: DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- Appendix A: Court Cases -- Bibliography -- Index.