Contested Reproduction: Genetic Technologies, Religion, and Public Debate
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Scientific breakthroughs have led us to a point where soon we will be able to make specific choices about the genetic makeup of our offspring. In fact, this reality has arrived—and it is only a matter of time before the technology becomes widespread.
Much like past arguments about stem-cell research, the coming debate over these reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) will be both political and, for many people, religious. In order to understand how the debate will play out in the United States, John H. Evans conducted the first in-depth study of the claims made about RGTs by religious people from across the political spectrum, and Contested Reproduction is the stimulating result.
Some of the opinions Evans documents are familiar, but others—such as the idea that certain genetic conditions produce a “meaningful suffering” that is, ultimately, desirable—provide a fascinating glimpse of religious reactions to cutting-edge science. Not surprisingly, Evans discovers that for many people opinion on the issue closely relates to their feelings about abortion, but he also finds a shared moral language that offers a way around the unproductive polarization of the abortion debate and other culture-war concerns. Admirably evenhanded, Contested Reproduction is a prescient, profound look into the future of a hot-button issue.
John H. Evans
Laura R. Keller is Associate Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University, where she teaches developmental biology, molecular biology, experimental biology lab for majors, and experimental developmental biology lab. After receiving her B.A. in Plan II at the University of Texas in Austin, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, where she studied gene expression during skeletal muscle development.John H. Evans received his B.A. degrees from Florida State University in biological science and science education. After receiving his Ph.D., also from Florida State, he joined the laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Medical School to investigate calcium signaling in airway cells.Thomas Keller is an Associate Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University where he teaches cell biology. After earning a B.A. degree from Williams College, he did research in mouse molar development at the University of Pennsylvania and received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia for study of mitosis in sea urchin development.
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