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There are special constitutional protections for reproductive medicine.
Family planning implicates the rights of fathers and mothers.
Surrogacy has legal implications for all participants.
Violation of adoption laws can result in criminal liability.
Full disclosure and careful investigation is critical in adoption and surrogacy.
Introduction
Ethical Dilemmas In Family Planning
Balancing the Health Care Practitioner's and the Patient's Rights
Contractual Limitations on Refusing To Provide Care
Consent for Reproductive Care
Taking A Sexual History
Contraception
Balancing the Risk of Pregnancy
Legally Mandated Warnings for Oral Contraceptives
Implantable Contraceptives
Natural Family Planning
HIV Infection and AIDS
Minors' Access to Contraception
Medical Issues in Contraception for Minors
Sterilization
Determining Which Partner To Sterilize
The Childless Patient
Sterilizing Minors and Incompetents
Federal Law Requirements
Informed Consent
Required Consent Form
Required Signatures
Required Certifications
Abortion
The Politics of Abortion
The Problem of Privacy
Protecting Personal Beliefs
Limiting Governmental Support
Consent to Abortion
Informing the Patient
Adoption Alternatives
Time Constraints
The Changing Nature of Abortion
Adoption And Parental Rights
Parental Rights
The Presumption of Legitimacy
Biological Fathers and Legitimization
Termination of Parental Rights
Adoption
Risks to Health Care Practitioners
Matchmaking
Evaluating Potential Adoptive Children
Access to Adoption-Related Records
Surrogate Parenthood
Davis v. Davis-The Tennessee Appeals Court Decision23
Davis v. Davis-The Tennessee Supreme Court Decision24
Conclusion
In the Matter of Baby M25
Facts
Invalidity and Unenforceability of Surrogacy Contract
A. Conflict with Statutory Provisions
B. Public Policy Considerations
References
Suggested Readings
Adoption
Family Planning and Abortion
Surrogacy
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