Naomi R Cahn: 2 books
Test Tube Families
Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART), which is now a multi-billion-dollar business in the United States. Sperm and eggs are bought and sold in a market that has few barriers to its skyrocketing growth. While...
The New Kinship
Constructing Donor-Conceived Families
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
No federal law in the United States requires that egg or sperm donors or recipients exchange any information with the offspring that result from the donation. Donors typically enter into contracts with fertility clinics or sperm banks which promise them anonymity. The parents may know the
donor’s...