H. Widdows & A. Emaldi Cirión 
Women’s Reproductive Rights 

Based on country reports and practical input from researchers and activists in the field, this book is an up-to-date account of the issues surrounding women’s reproductive rights across Europe. The contributions provide astute theoretical analysis of existing problems and suggest innovative alternatives. The book brings together authors from academia, policy-making and international institutions to ensure comprehensive representation and thorough commentary of the issues.

Table of Content

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Foreword Notes on Contributors Introduction; H.Widdows PART I: TENSIONS IN EUROPE; CRITICAL ISSUES IN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Abortion – A Reproductive Right; C.Kenny Adoption: Practices and Regulations: F.Mac Callum Birth Rate and Women’s Rights in Europe; P.de Villota Teenage Pregnancy; O.Tóth Minority Groups and Reproductive Rights; N.Trehan & I.Crowhurst PART II: THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE ADVANCES AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Women’s Rights in European Fertility Medicine Regulation; I.Alkorta Idiakez How is Technology Changing the Meaning of Motherhood for Western Women?; L.B.Andrews Preimplantation Diagnosis: Problems and Future Perspectives; A.Emaldi Cirión The Impact of New Reproductive Technologies on Concepts of Genetic Relatedness and Non Relatedness; H.Widdows PART III: INTO THE FUTURE; PROJECTIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Reproductive Rights in the Twenty-First Century; H.Haker Ownership, Property and Women’s Bodies; D.Dickenson Beyond Europe: Rhetoric of Reproductive Rights in Global Population Policies; S.K.Hellsten Bibliography Index

About the author

LORI B. ANDREWS is Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA ISABEL CROWHURST is a Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK PALOMA DE VILLOTA is Professor of Applied Economy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain DONNA DICKENSON is Chair in Law and Philosophy and Executive Director, Advanced Study Centre in the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK HILLE HAKER is Chair for Religious Ethics, Frankfurt University, Germany SIRKKU K. HELLSTEN is Reader in Development Ethics and Acting Director, Centre for Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK CATHERINE KENNY is a Ph D Student, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Republic of Ireland FIONA MACCALLUM is Lecturer in Psychology, University of Warwick, UK OLGA TÓTH is Senior Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary NIDHI TREHAN is a Ph D Student, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and Marie Curie Fellow, Centre for Human Rights, University of Padova, Italy