title: The technology, law, and ethics of in vitro fertilization, gamete donation, and surrogate motherhood.
abstract: This article examines some of the legal, ethical, and policy issues raised by the development and use of technologies for noncoital reproduction: gamete transfer and manipulation, in vitro fertilization, and zygote transfer and manipulation. After briefly describing these technologies, this article examines three closely related concerns raised by their introduction: (1) the effect of new technologies on the social understanding of parenthood and the legal regulation of the family; (2) the impact on women and children of a market in the material and services for producing children; and (3) the rights and interests involved in conflicts over the control and disposition of extrauterine embryos.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wachbroit
mesh_terms: D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D010063:Ovum; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D013094:Spermatozoa; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D014019:Tissue Donors