Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice

J.R. Spencer, QC, is Professor of Law and a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge University. Antje du Bois-Pedain is a Lecturer in Law and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge University.

• Part I: The Rights and Wrongs of Reproduction1. The Limits of Rights-based DiscourseMARY WARNOCK2. Choosing Who: What is Wrong with Making Better Children?THOMAS BALDWIN3. Disability, Enhancement and the Harm-Benefit ContinuumLISA BORTOLOTTI AND JOHN HARRISPart II: Social Conceptions and Legal Regulation of Families and Family-making4. Genes, Genealogies and Paternity: Making Babies in the Twenty-first CenturyMARTIN RICHARDS5. The Contingency of the ‘Genetic Link’ in Constructions of Kinship and Inheritance—An Anthropological PerspectiveALISON SHAW6. Regulating the Science and Therapeutic Application of Human Embryo Research: Managing the Tension Between Biomedical Creativity and Public ConcernMARTIN H JOHNSON7. Defining ParenthoodBONNIE STEINBOCKPart III: Reproductive Autonomy and Parenthood8. Parenting by Being; Parenting by Doing – In Search of Principles for Founding FamiliesJUDITH MASSON9. Birthrights? The Rights and Obligations Associated with the Birth of a ChildANDREW BAINHAM10. Reproductive Choice: Men’s Freedom and Women’s Responsibility?SALLY SHELDON

...a useful resource for academics, practitioners and policy makers alike, as well as the interested general public...an excellent teaching resource...the collections do a wonderful job of encouraging readers to think critically about regulatory issues around human reproductive science Julie McCandless Keele University Feminist Legal Studies October 2007 ...this is an engaging and thought-provoking collection...the editors and contributors should be congratulated for producing a valuable addition to the burgeoning literature on reproductive choice and responsibility. Emily Jackson The Law Quarterly Review, Vol 123 April 07 Together, all [the] chapters create a rich source for anyone interested in how medically assisted conception has perhaps changed our way(s) of thinking about 'family', and what issues new policy should be seeking to address. Julie McCandless Feminist Legal Studies Vol 15. 2007 ... anyone with an interest in human rights, reproduction and family life will find some rich and informative chapters in this collection. Emily Jackson European Human Rights Law Review 2007, 2 ...an important and stimulating book, particularly for those who have an interest in socio-legal studies. Expanding the discussion well beyond procreative autonomy and liberty rights, these highly informative essays address the changing social conceptions and legal regulation of family-making, as well as reproductive autonomy and parenthood. Ilke Ozdemir Social and Legal Studies 17 (3)