This title shows how reproduction technology is changing the meaning of life. In 1978, by chance, and chance alone, from dozens of women in the first trials of IVF, the first IVF child was born in Bristol, and the possibilities for women and men hoping to have children changed forever. Nearly thirty years later an estimated eighty million people now suffer from infertility worldwide, and the technology that can help them increases all the time.In "Everything Conceivable", Liza Mundy explores the meanings and ramifications ...
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This title shows how reproduction technology is changing the meaning of life. In 1978, by chance, and chance alone, from dozens of women in the first trials of IVF, the first IVF child was born in Bristol, and the possibilities for women and men hoping to have children changed forever. Nearly thirty years later an estimated eighty million people now suffer from infertility worldwide, and the technology that can help them increases all the time.In "Everything Conceivable", Liza Mundy explores the meanings and ramifications of the changes in the way we make babies. The first journalist to explore this subject in depth, she explores the workings of the fertility drugs industry, gay families, surrogate mothers, egg donors, the increasing number of twins and much more through the stories of those intimately involved. "Everything Conceivable" also brings into focus a new truth: for the first time in human history we are now able to cheat evolution. As our society is changed by baby-making technology, what decisions could and should be made by the families involved, the Christian right, the women's groups and society as a whole? As the meanings of life, birth, parents and family change, what are the real effects of the reproduction revolution?
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 406 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2006051432 Type of material Book Personal name Mundy, Liza, 1960-Main title Everything conceivable: how assisted reproduction is changing men, women, and the world / Liza Mundy. Edition 1st ed. Published/Created New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Description xx, 406 p.; 25 cm. ISBN 1400044286 9781400044283 LC classification RG133.5. M86 2007 Summary Skyrocketing infertility rates and the accompanying explosion in reproductive technology are revolutionizing the American family and changing the way we think about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. In this work of investigative reporting, journalist Mundy captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind what is today a controversial, multibillion-dollar industry, and examines how the huge social experiment that is assisted reproduction is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species. --From publisher description. LC Subjects Human reproductive technology--Social aspects--United States. Human reproductive technology--Economic aspects--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-385) and index. Dewey class no. 362.196/69206 Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm73994503 (OCoLC)73994503
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