| Women as Wombs Contributor(s): Raymond, Janice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1875559418 ISBN-13: 9781875559411 Publisher: Spinifex Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1994 Annotation: Renowned scholar and feminist activist, Janice Raymond, delivers a passionate expose and uncovers the alarming ethical, legal and political implications of high-tech biomedical reproductive technologies. She argues that these technologies are neither liberatory nor an issue of reproductive "choice". Rather, they violate the integrity of women's bodies, perpetuate prostitution and an international trafficking in women and children, and are a threat to women's basic human rights. Women As Wombs is a scathing feminist analysis which contributes groundbreaking insights to the raging debate over reproductive technology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Medical | Ethics - Medical | Reproductive Medicine & Technology |
| Dewey: 176 |
| Series: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle Over Women's Freedo |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.45" W x 8.28" (0.59 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A scathing analysis of high-tech biomedical reproductive techniques, this analysisprovides groundbreaking insights into the debate over reproductive technology and its ethical, legal, and political implications. The study asserts that far from being liberatory issues of choice, techniquessuch as in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and sex selection are a threat to women s basic human rights." |