{"product_id":"the-new-eugenics-by-judith-daar-9780300137156","title":"The New Eugenics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative examination of how unequal access to reproductive technology replays the sins of the eugenics movement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEugenics, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe New Eugenics\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464468775148,"sku":"9780300137156","price":65.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300137156-the-new-eugenics.jpg?v=1775049245","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-new-eugenics-by-judith-daar-9780300137156","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}