The New Kinship: Constructing Donor-Conceived Families Contributor(s): Cahn, Naomi R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081477203X ISBN-13: 9780814772034 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Law | Family Law - Children - Medical | Reproductive Medicine & Technology |
Dewey: 346.017 |
LCCN: 2012027897 |
Series: Families, Law, and Society |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 250 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
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Publisher Description: No federal law in the United States requires that egg or sperm donors or recipients exchange any information with the offspring that result from the donation. Donors typically enter into contracts with fertility clinics or sperm banks which promise them anonymity. The parents may know the |
Contributor Bio(s): Cahn, Naomi R.: - Naomi Cahn is John Theodore Fey Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Her previous books include Red Families v. Blue Families, Test Tube Families (NYU Press 2009), Families By Law: An Adoption Reader (NYU Press 2004), and Confinements: Fertility and Infertility in Contemporary Culture. |