Problems of conception : issues of law, biotechnology, and kinship /: issues of law, biotechnology, and kinship. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marit Melhuus.
• Other Names: Melhuus, Marit
• Contents: Preface and acknowledgements Chapter 1. Framing the issues Introduction Kinship – a new beginning? Some other issues Law/imagination The involuntary childless Some reflections on the precautionary principle and a bit more The state of Norway and the notion of equality Chapter 2. Children of one's own A first encounter Having an own child An issue of sameness An own child – a first approximation To try everything; to tell or not to tell What makes a child your own? Drawing together Chapter 3. Better safe than sorry Uncomfortable relations Legislative process: acts and revisions Artificial insemination by donor – pro et contra Bringing the past to the present The making of a law The first revision – 1994 Second and third revisions: 2003 and 2007 In sum Chapter 4. The inviolability of motherhood Establishing parenthood Of eggs and sper Mater semper certa est Disruptive effects Pater vero ? Turning the tables By way of conclusion Chapter 5. The sorting society: knowledge, selection, ethics Reproductive choice The sorting society A parliamentary incident Looking back: a few comments on eugenics The law and the Church Ethical dilemmas/ethical publicity Some final remarks Chapter 6. Concluding reflections – and a Postscript Global reach – local appropriation Facts and values Controversies – contested sites Post script – legal (un)certainties Chapter 7. Some notes on methodology References; Public documents cited or consulted
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 174 pages)
• Subjects: 573.609481; Conception; Reproduction -- Social aspects -- Norway; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857455031; 0857455036
• Related ISBNs: 9780857455024
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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