How safe is safe enough? : obligations to the children of reproductive technology / Philip G. Peters, Jr.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

xii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the debate over risky technologies -- [Pt.] I. The interests of future children. Future people matter ; Three ways in which reproductive contact can cause harm ; The duty to use the safest procreative method available ; Treatments too dangerous to use even as a last resort ; Treatments that endanger embryos ; Synthesis -- [Pt.] II. Reconciling conflicting interests. Constructing a regulatory framework that respects parental liberty ; An introduction to constitutional limits on the regulation of reproduction ; Substantive due process doctrine ; A critique of the "deeply rooted" test ; The constitutional stature of reproductive technologies ; The state's interest in protecting future children -- [Pt.] III. Applying the framework. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection ; Multiple pregnancy ; Cloning ; Germ-line genetic engineering ; Conclusion.