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From Coitus To Commerce: Legal And Social Consequences Of Noncoital Reproduction, Joan Heifetz Hollinger
From Coitus To Commerce: Legal And Social Consequences Of Noncoital Reproduction, Joan Heifetz Hollinger
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This paper argues that there is an urgent need for the creation and clarification of a legal framework within which contemporary efforts to produce or procure children can take place. State legislatures should act now in order to avoid the kind of crisis that confronts Great Britain, where an infant girl, the product of a breached surrogacy contract, has been impounded by a British court. While the court ponders how to determine the legal parentage of this particular child, Parliament considers criminal penalties for those who arrange surrogacy contracts and general regulations to constrain IVF and ET research and practice. …
Beyond State Intervention In The Family: For Baby Jane Doe, Martha Minow
Beyond State Intervention In The Family: For Baby Jane Doe, Martha Minow
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Newspapers and broadcasters gave major billing to the story. Headlines announced: "The Life or Death Question of Baby Doe;" and "Baby Doe's Parents Call U.S. Action Intimidating." The medical care decisions about this infant born with spina bifida, microcephaly, and other severe disabilities, not only attracted mass media attention, but also led to both state and federal court proceedings. Legislative hearings raised the issue of her care. Many commentators debated what should happen to this infant of Long Island parents. This article instead will ask: what was all the attention about?; why are cases like this so riveting?; and might …
Of Foxes And Hen Houses: Licensing And The Health Professions, Michigan Law Review
Of Foxes And Hen Houses: Licensing And The Health Professions, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Of Foxes and Hen Houses: Licensing and the Health Professions by Stanley J. Gross
Selective Nontreatment Of Handicapped Newborns, Michigan Law Review
Selective Nontreatment Of Handicapped Newborns, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Selective Nontreatment of Handicapped Newborns by Robert Weir