Hardcover, 406 pages
English language
Published April 24, 2007 by Knopf.
Everything Conceivable
How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Men, Women, and the World
by Liza Mundy
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Award-winning journalist Liza Mundy captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind the controversial, multibillion-dollar fertility industry, and examines how this huge social experiment is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species.Skyrocketing infertility rates and dizzying technological advances are revolutionizing American families and changing the way we think about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. Using in-depth reporting and riveting anecdotal material from doctors, families, surrogates, sperm and egg donors, infertile men and women, single and gay and lesbian parents, and children conceived through technology, Mundy explores the impact of assisted reproduction on individuals as well as the ethical issues raised and the potentially vast social consequences. The unforgettable personal stories in Everything Conceivable run the gamut from joyous to tragic; all of them raise questions we dare not ignore.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects
- Human Fertilization In Vitro
- Human Reproduction
- Medical
- Consumer Health
- Health Care Issues
- Infertility
- Reproductive Medicine & Technology
- Current Events / American
- Sociology
- Ethics
- Economic aspects
- Human reproductive technology
- Social aspects
- United States
- Pregnancy & Childbirth