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Reconceiving the State
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Reconceiving the State
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morals, markets, and state regulation of assisted reproductive technologies
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Heidt-Forsythe
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Erin Allyson
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Daniels
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Cynthia R.
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Cynthia R. Daniels
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chair
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Crowley
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Jocelyn E.
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Jocelyn E. Crowley
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internal member
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Leech
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Beth L.
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Beth L. Leech
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McGowan
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Michelle
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Michelle McGowan
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2013
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2013-05
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eng
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Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), defined as technologies that bring together human gametes for the purposes of reproduction and regenerative research, have enabled new life for those expanding their families, as well as those looking to treat degenerative diseases. As meanings of life have shifted in an era of evolving reproductive technology, the state has new opportunities to intervene, mediate, and prohibit the use of ARTs in the United States. In light of the moral and instrumental ways to understand ARTs and the social implications of ART practices, what is the role of the state in ART oversight? Moreover, how does issue framing of ARTs impact legislative outcomes? Using egg donation as a particular site of morals and markets, I investigate these question through the legislative activity on egg donation at the state level, as well as the public policy making processes about egg donation. Given the empirical and theoretical gaps in ART scholarship about state-level legislation in the US in the contemporary period, this dissertation aims is to answers these research questions through original data on various kinds of ART legislation between 1990 and 2010, at the state level. Employing hazard analysis of egg donation legislation between 1998 and 2008 in 49 states, this project advances the argument that state-level legislative activities on egg donation are vibrant, and increased by scientific stakeholders in ARTs, as well as the presence of women in politics and economic life. Looking closer at cases of egg donation legislation in case studies of California, New York, Arizona, and Louisiana, I find that legislators frame egg donation as moral and instrumental social issues—with varying degrees of legislative success. I argue that state-level oversight has problematic implications for the concept of stratified reproduction and suggest applying the equal liberty principle to ART policymaking. Finally, I argue that the absence of political debate—particularly the absence of feminist voices—warrants new political solutions to increase democratic discourse on ART issues.
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Political Science
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vii, 179 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe
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Human reproductive technology-United States
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Human reproductive technology--Law and legislation--United States
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000068879
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doi:10.7282/T32F7M09
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ETD doctoral
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Erin
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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