ABSTRACT

This book presents a comparative study examining assisted reproductive technology policies in North America and Europe. Based on original and detailed research, this up-to-date volume establishes a knowledge base for understanding policy debates on topics such as embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning.

chapter |21 pages

ART Policy in Belgium

A Bioethical Paradise?

chapter |22 pages

ART Policy in Italy

Explaining the Lack of Comprehensive Regulation

chapter |18 pages

Policy Networks, Federalism and Managerial Ideas

How ART Non-Decision in Canada Safeguards the Autonomy of the Medical Profession

chapter |20 pages

The United States

National Talk and State Action in Governing ART

chapter |18 pages

Art in Spain

Technocratic Inheritance and Modernist Aspirations

chapter |18 pages

The United Kingdom

Regulation Tshrough a National Licensing Authority

chapter |17 pages

France

Protecting Human Dignity While Encouraging Scientific Progress

chapter |19 pages

The Netherlands

Conflict and Consensus on ART Policy

chapter |17 pages

Germany

Art Policies as Embryo Protection

chapter |18 pages

Switzerland

Policy Design and Direct Democracy

chapter |19 pages

Legislation for Protection

Why Norway Designed Restrictive Policies in the Field of ART