Pandora's Box: Feminism Confronts Reproductive Technology

Lublin, Nancy

ISBN 10: 084768637X / ISBN 13: 9780847686377

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998

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Synopsis:

With the rigor of a dedicated scholar and the passion of a committed activist, Nancy Lublin offers a fresh perspective on the ethical dimensions of providing and using reproductive technologies, including contraception, assisted conception, and antenatal and childbirth interventions. Combining feminist philosophy and legal theory, Lublin considers these issues under a single category that she calls technological intervention in the womb. She addresses the positions of technophiles (who advocate acceptance of technological intervention in the womb as a source of liberation), technophobic feminists (who reject artificial invasions as anti-natural and anti-women), and other feminists who have argued that technological intervention in the womb should be legal and available to women because freedom of choice should be gender-neutral. Lublin identifies core principles that are common to a kaleidoscope of feminist theories, and she argues that a materialist feminism provides the most effective framework for establishing public policy and creating social change in the name of gender justice.

About the Author: Nancy Lublin is pursuing a J.D. degree at New York University School of Law. She earned a M.Litt. in politics at Oxford University. She lives in New York City

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pandora's Box: Feminism Confronts ...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket