Made to order: The myth of reproductive and genetic progress (The Athene series)

278 Pages·1987·61.253 MB·English

by  Patricia Spallone (editor), D.L. Steinberg (editor)

The Myth of Reproductive
and
Genetic Progre_~
. edited by
Patricia Spallone & Deborah _Lynn Steinberg
THE ATHENE SERIES
Pergamon Press

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First edition 1987
Library ofC ongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Made to order.
(The Athene series)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Human reproduction-Technological innovation
Social aspects. 2. Fertilization in vitro, Human
Social aspects. 3. Genetic engineering-Social
aspects. 4. Feminism. I. Spallone, Patricia.
II. Steinberg, Deborah Lynn. Ill. Series.
(DNLM: t. Genetic Intervention-popular works.
2. Reproduction-popular works. 3. Technology,
Medical- popular works. 4. Women's Rights
popular works. WQ 205 M181]
QP251.M278 1987 304.66 87-2548
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Made to order : the myth of reproductive
and genetic progress. - (The Athene
series).
1. Genetic engineering - social aspects
2. Human genetics - Social aspects
I. Spallone, Patricia II. Steinberg,
Deborah Lynn Ill. Series
306'.45 QH442
ISBN 0--08-034954-4 (Hardcover)
ISBN 0--08-034953--6 (Flexicover)
Printed in Great Britain by Ri,hard Clay Ltd, B1mgay, S1!ffolk
Contents
Acknowledgements
lX
Prologue 1
0. G.
BY G ENA COREA, ]ALNA HANMER, RENATE KLEIN, JANICE
RAYMOND, AND ROBYN ROWLAND
Introduction 13
BY PATRICIA SPALLONE AND DEBORAH LYNN STEINBERG
1 International Report 18
COMPILED BY PATRICIA SPALLONE AND DEBORAH LYNN
STEINBERG
2 Why do we Need all this? A Call Against Genetic 34
Engineering and Reproductive Technology
BY MARIA MIES
3 Looking for Mothers, You Only Find Fetuses 48
BY fRAN<;OISE LABORIE
4 Fetalists and Feminists: They are Not the Same 58
BY JANICE G. RAYMOND
5 Of Women Born, But for How Long? The 67
Relationship of Women to the New Reproductive
Technologies and the Issue of Choice
BY ROBYN ROWLAND
V
Co11tents
VI
6 'Women Want It': In vitro Fertilization and Women's 84
Motivations for Participation
BY CHRISTINE CROWE
7 From Genetic Counseling and Genetic Analysis, to 94
Genetic Ideal and Genetic Fate?
BY PAULA BRADISH
8 Patriarchal Designs: The Genetic Engineering of 102
Human Embyros
BY SHELLEY MINDEN
9 Killing Us Softly: Toward a Feminist Analysis of 110
Genetic Engineering
BY LINDA BULLARD
10 IVF in Brazil: The Story Told by the Newspapers 120
BY ANA REGINA GOMEZ DOS REIS
11 Report ofa Survey ofIVF Clinics in the USA 133
BY GENA COREA AND SUSAN INCE
12 Seizure of Reproductive Rights? A Discussion on 146
Population Control in the Third World and the
Emergence of the New Reproductive Technologies
in the West
BY SULTANA KAMAL
13 Wheat for Statistics: A Case Study of Relief Wheat 154
for Attaining Sterilization Target in Bangladesh
BY FARIDA AKHTAR
14 Has the Lesson Been Learned?: The DES story and 161
IVF
BY ANITA DIRECKS