The ethical and legal consequences of posthumous reproduction : arrogance, avarice, and anguish /
"Posthumous reproduction refers to the procedure that enables a child to be conceived using the gametes of a dead person. Advances in reproductive technology mean it is now possible to assist in creating a life after you die, and in recent years the number of women who have attempted to get pre...
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Language: | English |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2017
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Series: | Biomedical law and ethics library
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Table of Contents:
- Ethical concerns
- Legal regulations
- Frozen sperm (thaw it out or throw it out?)
- Fresh sperm (Extract and release?)
- Posthumously conceived children (adjudicating the parents)
- Posthumously conceived children (allocating financial support)
- Finding the balance