Women's Reproductive Rights

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Heather Widdows

      Pages 1-13

3. Tensions in Europe: Critical Issues in Reproductive Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Abortion — A Reproductive Right

      • Catherine Kenny

      Pages 17-32

   3. Adoption: Practices and Regulations

      • Fiona MacCallum

      Pages 33-49

   4. Birth Rate and Women’s Rights in Europe

      • Paloma de Villota

      Pages 50-70

   5. Teenage Pregnancy

      • Olga Tóth

      Pages 71-87

   6. Minority Groups and Reproductive Rights

      • Nidhi Trehan, Isabel Crowhurst

      Pages 88-108

4. The Impact of Technology: Scientific Advances and Reproductive Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Women’s Rights in European Fertility Medicine Regulation

      • Itziar Alkorta

      Pages 111-123

   3. How is Technology Changing the Meaning of Motherhood for Western Women

      • Lori B. Andrews

      Pages 124-139

   4. Preimplantation Diagnosis: Problems and Future Perspectives

      • Aitziber Emaldi Cirión

      Pages 140-150

   5. The Impact of New Reproductive Technologies on Concepts of Genetic Relatedness and Non-relatedness

      • Heather Widdows

      Pages 151-164

5. Into the Future: Projections for Reproductive Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Reproductive Rights in the Twenty-First Century

      • Hille Haker

      Pages 167-187

   3. Ownership, Property and Women’s Bodies

      • Donna Dickenson

      Pages 188-198

   4. Beyond Europe: Rhetoric of Reproductive Rights in Global Population Policies

      • Sirkku K. Hellsten

      Pages 199-213

6. Back Matter

   Pages 214-241

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Based on country reports and practical input from researchers and activists in the field, this book is an up-to-date account of the issues surrounding women's reproductive rights across Europe. The contributions provide astute theoretical analysis of existing problems and suggest innovative alternatives. The book brings together authors from academia, policy-making and international institutions to ensure comprehensive representation and thorough commentary of the issues.

• diagnosis
• Europe
• medicine
• minority
• pregnancy
• property
• research
• rhetoric
• technology
• women

• Centre for Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK

  Heather Widdows

• University of the Basque Country, Spain

  Itziar Alkorta Idiakez

• University of Deusto, Spain

  Aitziber Emaldi Cirión

LORI B. ANDREWS is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA ISABEL CROWHURST is a Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK PALOMA DE VILLOTA is Professor of Applied Economy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain DONNA DICKENSON is Chair in Law and Philosophy and Executive Director, Advanced Study Centre in the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK HILLE HAKER is Chair for Religious Ethics, Frankfurt University, Germany SIRKKU K. HELLSTEN is Reader in Development Ethics and Acting Director, Centre for Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK CATHERINE KENNY is a PhD Student, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Republic of Ireland FIONA MACCALLUM is Lecturer in Psychology, University of Warwick, UK OLGA TÓTH is Senior Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary NIDHI TREHAN is a PhD Student, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and Marie Curie Fellow, Centre for Human Rights, University of Padova, Italy

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