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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454275903321

Autore

Shanley Mary Lyndon <1944->

Titolo

Making babies, making families [[electronic resource] ] : what matters most in an age of reproductive technologies, surrogacy, adoption, and same-sex and unwed parents / / Mary Lyndon Shanley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8070-4415-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

306.85/0973

Soggetti

Families - United States

Family policy - United States

Domestic relations - United States

Parents - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Human reproductive technology - Law and legislation - United States

Adoption - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Transracial and open adoption : new forms of family relationships -- Fathers' rights, mothers' wrongs, children's needs : unwed fathers and the perpetuation of patriarchy -- A child of our own : against a market in sperm and eggs -- Surrogate motherhood : the limits of contractual freedom -- Lesbian co-mothers, sperm donors and fathers : how many parents can a child have?