Legal Conceptions: The Evolving Law and Policy of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Written by a medical and a legal pioneer in the field, this book comprehensively reviews and analyzes the evolving law and policy issues surrounding assisted reproductive technologies. Dr. Howard W. Jones, Jr., founder of the first in vitro fertilization program in the United States, offers medical commentary, while attorney Susan L. Crockin, author of the column “Legally Speaking” in ASRM News (the newsletter of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine), provides legal analysis. The book opens with a legal primer and timelines sketching the medical and legal milestones in the history of reproductive technology and law. Each chapter provides a case-by-case discussion of the relevant law, as well as cogent medical and legal commentary and analysis on a particular substantive area. Chapter topics deal with a vast array of issues, including artificial insemination, sperm and egg donation, traditional and gestational surrogacy, posthumous reproduction, same-sex parentage, genetics, c… More >>
Legal Conceptions: The Evolving Law and Policy of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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I had professor Crockin for a course at Tufts University this semester and we read a copy of this book before it was published. It was very easy to understand and was very helpful for students like me, who are not law students but science students. It’s a great way to learn how ARTs have developed and what paths have been chosen through cases thus far. Professor Crockin discusses specific cases with summaries of each at the end of the chapters, making a great reference for looking up complete cases relevant to what you are researching.
The sections written by Dr. Jones are very clear and informative and supplement the legal side of the book very well.
I highly recommend this book! It’s the first of it’s kind.