Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE WHAT MAKES A MARKET? EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RELIABILITY OR GETTING THE BABIES WE WANT
- PART TWO SPACE AND PLACE: REPRODUCING AND REFRAMING SOCIAL NORMS OF RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND OTHERNESS
- PART THREE SPECTRUMS AND DISCOURSES: RIGHTS, REGULATIONS, AND CHOICE
- PART FOUR THE ETHICS OF BABY AND EMBRYO MARKETS
- PART FIVE TENUOUS GROUNDS AND BABY TABOOS
- Author Bios
- Index
PART FIVE - TENUOUS GROUNDS AND BABY TABOOS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE WHAT MAKES A MARKET? EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RELIABILITY OR GETTING THE BABIES WE WANT
- PART TWO SPACE AND PLACE: REPRODUCING AND REFRAMING SOCIAL NORMS OF RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND OTHERNESS
- PART THREE SPECTRUMS AND DISCOURSES: RIGHTS, REGULATIONS, AND CHOICE
- PART FOUR THE ETHICS OF BABY AND EMBRYO MARKETS
- PART FIVE TENUOUS GROUNDS AND BABY TABOOS
- Author Bios
- Index
Summary
A survey of in-vitro fertilisation clinics seeking recalled instances of serious morbidity and known fatalities revealed a wide variety of complications, including two deaths because of the accidental failure to deliver oxygen during general anaesthesia, visceral injuries during egg retrievals, pelvic abscesses, serious infections, five serious vascular complications (one with residual hemiplegia), torsion of the ovary, and cancers discovered during or after treatment.
– Sandra Coney, 345 Lancet 976 (1995)In Part Five, the contributors consider whether we should give in to baby markets. Some of these exchanges are risky. High rates of multiple births, low success rates, and medical risks to women who use assisted reproductive technology (ART) demand a public response. Yet what the authors realize is that baby selling already exists, and we can either stand on the outside looking in or actively shape the regulatory future of the domain. The pitfalls and ethical challenges in the reproductive domain are discussed in earlier parts of this volume. Here the authors conclude the book by examining how the risky exchanges in ART should be handled and what giving in to baby markets really means.
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- Baby MarketsMoney and the New Politics of Creating Families, pp. 265 - 266Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010