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Imperfect Pregnancies - A History of Birth Defects and Prenatal Diagnosis (Hardcover)
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Imperfect Pregnancies - A History of Birth Defects and Prenatal Diagnosis (Hardcover)
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In the 1960s, thanks to the development of prenatal diagnosis,
medicine found a new object of study: the living fetus. At first,
prenatal testing was proposed only to women at a high risk of
giving birth to an impaired child. But in the following decades,
such testing has become routine. In Imperfect Pregnancies, Ilana
Lowy argues that the generalization of prenatal diagnosis has
radically changed the experience of pregnancy for tens of millions
of women worldwide. Although most women are reassured that their
future child is developing well, others face a stressful period of
waiting for results, uncertain prognosis, and difficult decisions.
Lowy follows the rise of biomedical technologies that made prenatal
diagnosis possible and investigates the institutional,
sociocultural, economic, legal, and political consequences of their
widespread diffusion. Because prenatal diagnosis is linked to the
contentious issue of selective termination of pregnancy for a fetal
anomaly, debates on this topic have largely centered on the
rejection of human imperfection and the notion that we are now
perched on a slippery slope that will lead to new eugenics.
Imperfect Pregnancies tells a more complicated story, emphasizing
that there is no single standardized way to scrutinize the fetus,
but there are a great number of historically conditioned and
situated approaches. This book will interest students, scholars,
health professionals, administrators, and activists interested in
issues surrounding new medical technologies, screening, risk
management, pregnancy, disability, and the history and social
politics of women's bodies.
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