Table of Contents

Women and Prenatal Testing

Part 1: The Context of Debate

1. The Genetic Construction of Prenatal Testing: Choice Consent, or Conformity for Women? 9-34
   by Abby Lippman
   
2. Women's Roles in the History of Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villi Sampling. 35-48
   by Ruth Schwartz Cowan
   
3. Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis: The Impact of Persons with Disabilities. 49-61
   by Deborah Kaplan
   
   Part 2: Philosophical, Ethical, and Legal Perspectives
4. Reproductive Genetics and Gender Justice. 67-87
   by Mary B. Mahowald
   
5. Reproductive Genetic Testing, Prevention, and the Ethics of Mothering. 88-97
   by Ruth Faden
   
6. Ethics and Reproductive Genetic Testing: The Need to Understand the Parent-Child Relationship. 98-104
   by Patricia A. King
   
7. "The Good Mother": The Limits of Reproductive Accountability and Genetic Choice. 105- 130
   by R. Alta Charo and Karen H. Rothenberg
   
8. What the Law Says about Reproductive Genetic Testing and What it Doesn't. 131-178
   by Ellen Wright Clayton
   
   Part 3: Psychological and Sociocultural Issues
9. Prenatal Genetic Testing: Does it Benefit Pregnant Women? 183-200
   by Elena A. Gates
10. Collective Silences, Collective Fictions: How Prenatal Diagnostic Testing Became Part of Routine Prenatal Care. 201-218
    by Nancy A. Press and Carole H. Browner
    
11. Women's Responses to Prenatal Diagnosis: A Sociocultural Perspective on Diversity. 219- 233
    by Rayna Rapp
    
12. Reproductive Genetic Sciences for Low-Income Women and Women of Color: Access and Sociocultural Issues. 234-259
    by Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson
    
13. The Tentative Pregnancy: Then and Now. 260-270
    by Barbara Katz Rothman
    
14. Reproductive Genetic Testing and Pregnancy Loss: The Experience of Women. 271- 294
    by Rita Beck Black