Biographies

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction – How Prenatal Diagnosis is Entangled in Historical and Social Contexts 9
4. I. Biomedical rationalisations of “life”, reproduction and responsibility? Historical, social and ethical perspectives
5. 1. Biological Reproduction, Offspring, and Radical Otherness 27
6. Commentary – The Ethics of Never Again 47
7. 2. Origins and Practices of Genetic Risk and Responsibility 57
8. II. Governance and biopolitics
9. 3. Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in Germany and Israel 93
10. 4. PND in Israel: Public Health Services and Uptake in Cultural Context 121
11. 5. NIPT in Germany 137
12. Commentary – “Yes, but…” vs. “no, but…”: Ambivalences towards Prenatal Diagnosis in Israel and Germany 159
13. III. Comparative empirical bioethics of reproductive practices and their social contexts
14. 6. Views on Disability and Prenatal Testing Among Families with Down Syndrome and Disability Activists 163
15. A Commentary from Disability Activism in Israel 191
16. A Commentary from Disability Studies in Germany 195
17. 7. Socio-Cultural and Religious Views on Prenatal Diagnosis in Israel and Germany 199
18. 8. What Does Prenatal Testing Mean for Women Who Have Tested? 227
19. 9. “Something is Not Quite Right” – Two Cinematic Narratives about Decision-Making after Prenatal Diagnosis 253
20. IV. Intertwining knowledge practice, epistemology and ethics
21. 10. The Unconditionality of Parent-Child Relationships in the Context of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis in Germany and Israel 263
22. 11. Can Not Wanting to Know Be Responsible? 303
23. 12. Comparison through Conversation 347
24. Biographies 373