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SHOULD PARENTS BE LICENSED? DEBATING THE ISSUES edited by PEG TITTLE gcp’i SHOULD PARENTS BE LICENSED? Contemporary Issues Series Editors: Robert M. Baird Stuart E. Rosenbaum Volumes edited by Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum unless otherwise noted. Affirmative Action: Social Justice The Gun Control Debate: You Decide or Reverse Discrimination? (Second edition) edited by Lee Nisbet edited by Francis J. Beckwith Hatred, Bigotry, and Prejudice: and Todd E. Jones Definitions, Causes, and Solutions Animal Experimentation: The Moral Issues Homosexuality: Debating the Issues Are You Politically Correct?: edited by Robert M. Baird Debating America's Cultural Standards and M. Katherine Baird edited by Francis J. Beckwith Immigration: Debating the Issues and Michael E. Bauman edited by Nicholas Capaldi Caring for the Dying: The Media and Morality Critical Issues at the Edge of Life edited by Robert M. Baird, Cloning: Responsible Science William E. Loges, and Stuart E. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a Web site without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quota¬ tions embodied in critical articles and reviews. Inquiries should be addressed to Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive Amherst, New York 14228-2197 VOICE: 716-691-0133, ext. 207 FAX: 716-564-2711 WWW.PROMETHEUSBOOKS.COM 08 07 06 05 04 54321 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Should parents be licensed? : debating the issues / edited by Peg Tittle, p. cm. — (Contemporary issues series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-59102-094-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Parenting—Government policy. 2. Parents—Legal status, laws, etc. 3. Parenthood—Moral and ethical aspects. 4. Human reproduction—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Tittle, Peg, 1957- II. Series: Contemporary issues (Amherst, N.Y.) HQ755.8.S5326 2003 649'. 1—dc21 2003010923 2003018602 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper CONTENTS Introduction 9 I. Parenting 49 1. Proposals 49 Licensing Parents Hugh LaFollette 51 A National Parenting Policy Jack C. Westman 64 A Policy of Parent Licensing Katherine Coveil and R. Brian Howe 83 Parenthood Training or Mandatory Birth Control: Take Your Choice Roger W. Mclntire 90 2. Assessment 99 Licensing Parents: How Feasible? Claudia Pap Mangel 101 5 6 • CONTENTS Custody Evaluations: A Realistic View Diane A. Trombetta 115 Adoption and the Parental Screening System Elizabeth Bartholet 119 Reproductive Rights and Access to the Means of Reproduction Christine Overall 130 II. Parentage 141 1. Genetic Disease 141 Can Having Children Be Immoral? Laura M. Purdy 143 Implications of Prenatal Diagnosis for the Human Right to Life Leon R. Kass 157 2. Genetic Control 165 The Ethics of Genetic Control: Some Answers Joseph Fletcher 167 Debunking the Slippery Slope Argument against Human Germ-Line Gene Therapy David Resnik 176 Reproductive Rights and Genetic Disease Lawrence R Ulrich 190 Parents and Genetic Counselors: Moral Issues Ruth Macklin 194 III. Objections and Replies 209 1. Do We Have a Right to “Have Children”? 209 Procreative Liberty John A. Robertson 211 The Moral Bases of a Right to Reproductive Freedom Dan W. Brock 224 Contents • 7 Is There a Natural Right to Have Children? 5. L. Floyd and D. Pomerantz 230 Having Children: Introduction Ruth F. Chadwick 233 Sterilization of the Mentally Severely Handicapped: A Violation of the Right to Have Children? Eike-Henner W. Kluge 243 The Right to Procreate: When Rights Claims Have Gone Wrong Laura Shanner 250 2. Is Legislation the Best Response? 254 Norplant, Forced Contraception, and Irresponsible Reproduction John A. Robertson 256 The Mythology of Family Planners Edgar R. Chasteen 281 Genetic Engineering: Goals and Controls Peter Singer and Deane Wells 300 Inescapable Eugenics Philip Kitcher 304 Arguments in Favor and against Legally Requiring a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of Her Future Child Deborah Mathieu 309 Arguments against Licensing Parents Jack C. Westman 333 Epilogue 357 Notes on the Contributors 361 . '
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