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Volume 331:1032-1033 October 13, 1994 Number 15
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Children of Choice: Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies

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By John A. Robertson. 281 pp. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1994. $29.95. ISBN 0-691-03353-6.

Robertson charts an ethical and legal course through the questions and concern posed by the reproductive techniques that are now available rather than merely material for science-fiction novels. These questions confront us professionally as physicians or personally as people choosing whether or not to have children. Robertson weaves his way through a tangle of fascinating and often disturbing issues, guided by the consistent notion of reproductive liberty: the right to reproduce (or not to reproduce) either genetically, gestationally, or by rearing offspring.

With this steady focus, Robertson addresses the controversy surrounding each technique, including methods to prevent or terminate pregnancy . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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