Making Babies, Making Families
Author | : Mary L. Shanley |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2002-04-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807044091 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807044094 |
Rating | : 4/5 (094 Downloads) |
Download or read book Making Babies, Making Families written by Mary L. Shanley and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2002-04-16 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to new reproductive technologies and new ways of forming families, the world of parenting is opening up as never before. What defines a legal family? Should there be any restrictions on buying and selling eggs and sperm, or hiring "surrogate mothers"? How many parents can a child have? While there's no going back to the traditional family, Mary Lyndon Shanley shows us that we don't have to live in moral chaos. She offers a new vision of family law that puts each child's right to be cared for at its center, while also taking into account the complex needs of every family member.