Cracked Open Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High Tech Babies

Name: Cracked Open Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High Tech Babies
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ISBN: 9781566569231

ISBN-10: 1566569230

ISBN-13: 9781566569231

Edition: 2013

Authors: Miriam Zoll, Judy Norsigian, Michele Goodwin

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Cracked Open is Miriam Zoll's eye-opening account of growing into womanhood with the simultaneous opportunities offered by the U.S. women's movement and new discoveries in reproductive technologies. Influenced by the pervasive media and cultural messages suggesting that science had finally eclipsed Mother Nature, Zoll postponed motherhood until the age of 40. When things don't progress as she had hoped, she enters a world of medical seduction and bioethical quagmires. Desperate to conceive, she surrenders to unproven treatments and procedures only to learn that the odds of becoming a mother through reproductive technologies are far lower than she and her generation had been led to believe.…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 6.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Foreword


One Egg, Please, and Make It Easy


Push-Me, Pull-Me Love


Welcome to Casino Fertile


Jesus Christ Oy Vey


Life and Death


Living on the Wild Side


Finding Pink


Adrift


Capitalist Conception


A Season of Insomnia


The Waiting Game


No Escape


Fertility Refugees


Life Cycles


Jumping Through Hoops


Shell-Shocked


Renewal


Storks


Afterword


Acknowledgements


Reading Group Questions and Topics for Discussion


Resources and References


Notes