TAnt? 266 - Making Babies:Anthropologists Look at New Reproductive Technologies

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SUNY at Albany

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New reproductive technologies have been influential in transforming the experience of reproduction and in challenging our very notions of what it means to be a person.? In this class we ask: What are the implications of living in a society in which it is possible to think about procreation as subject to personal preference and choice in a way that has never before been conceivable?? How do widespread use of prenatal testing , visualizing technologies, and knowledge of genetics impact upon decisions regarding conception and/or abortion in various cultures?? What does it mean for definitions of parenthood if children can be "produced" through "donated" eggs and/or "rented" wombs?? Are we moving towards women's empowerment or the new eugenics?? Using a cross-cultural approach, we will examine the anthropology and bioethics of the new reproductive technologies.?Same as former A Ant 266H.?? Only one of T Ant 266 and A?Ant 266H may be taken for credit. Open to Honors College students only.

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3.00

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www.albany.edu

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(518) 442-3300

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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