The New Eugenics

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Selective Breeding in an Era of Reproductive Technologies

By Judith Daar

Summary

The New Eugenics by Judith Daar offers a provocative examination of how unequal access to modern assisted reproductive technologies echoes the discriminatory legacy of the eugenics movement. Drawing on her expertise at the intersection of law and medicine, Daar highlights how barriers based on class, race, marital status, disability, and sexual orientation restrict access to reproductive technologies. This important work warns against repeating past mistakes by exposing ongoing biases that deny many the opportunity to benefit from medical advancements.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is essential reading for legal scholars, medical professionals, policymakers, and anyone interested in reproductive rights, social justice, and bioethics.

A provocative examination of how unequal access to reproductive technology replays the sins of the eugenics movement

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A provocative examination of how unequal access to reproductive technology replays the sins of the eugenics movement

Eugenics, the effort to improve the human species by inhibiting reproduction of “inferior” genetic strains, ultimately came to be regarded as the great shame of the Progressive movement. Judith Daar, a prominent expert on the intersection of law and medicine, argues that current attitudes toward the potential users of modern assisted reproductive technologies threaten to replicate eugenics’ same discriminatory practices.

In The New Eugenics, Daar asserts how barriers that block certain people’s access to reproductive technologies are often founded on biases rooted in notions of class, race, and marital status. As a result, poor, minority, unmarried, disabled, and LGBT individuals are denied technologies available to well-off nonminority heterosexual applicants.

An original argument on a highly emotional and important issue, this work offers a surprising departure from more familiar arguments on the issue as it warns physicians, government agencies, and the general public against repeating the mistakes of the past.

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Praised by authorities such as Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law School and John A. Robertson, the book is recognised for its deep knowledge, compassionate insight, and lucid writing. Reviewers commend Daar's critical and reflective treatment of infertility care access, calling it a compelling and important contribution to debates on reproductive justice and medical ethics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300137156

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 April 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 612g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Judith Daar is the interim dean and professor of law at Whittier Law School and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. She lives in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.