The Embryo Research Debate: Science and the Politics of Reproduction

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xiii, 212 pages; 24 cm. No jacket (presumably as issued) Fine. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780521571807, 9780521576833

"A highly accessible account of the debates concerning human embryo research, tracing the origins of the controversy to debates in the 1960s about abortion and moral reform and examining reactions in the 1990s to sex selection and the use of eggs from human embryos for research."—Publisher. // Contents: Introduction. The background to the debate. The sequence of parliamentary debate. Political parties and ministerial tactics. The impact of the pro-research lobby. Embryos in the news. Women and men. Science and religion. The myth of Frankenstein. Embryo research and the slippery slope. Epilogue: 'intruders in the Fallopian tube' or 'a dream of perfect human reproduction'.