The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition Moral Arguments, Economic Reality and Social Analysis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brakman, Sarah-Vaughan (Editor), Weaver, Darlene Fozard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 95
• Subjects: Medicine.; Religion.; Ethics.; Religion > Philosophy.; Gynecology.; Reproductive medicine.; Medical ethics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Philosophy of Religion.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Reproductive Medicine.; Religious Studies, general.

At last, a comprehensive collection of essays that examines and advances ethical evaluations of the controversial and increasingly popular practice of embryo adoption. In the United States alone, 400,000 frozen embryos created for in vitro fertilization exist but are no longer desired for that purpo...