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

By: Miriam Zoll and Judy Norsigian and Michele Goodwin

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Synopsis: 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 didn'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 less than she and her generation had been led to believe.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 198 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781566569231
Publisher:: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 11/26/13
Copyrighted By:: Interlink Pub Group
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Medicine
Submitted By:: Adrienne Asch
Proofread By:: Hannah Zareyna
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.