Choosing Assisted Reproduction’s Reviews

Library Journal’s April 15, 1998 issue carries the following starred review “In 1997 media attention focused not only on the birth of a child conceived with donor eggs by a 63-year-old mother but also on the birth of septuplets conceived as the result of
fertility-enhancing treatments. Here, the authors (Beyond Infertility, LJ 4/1/94), who have been involved in the support and education of infertile couples for many years, explore in compelling detail the medical, legal, ethical and psychological implications of assisted reproductive technology (ART). The first part of the book explains the alphabet of treatments–IVF, GIFT, ZIFT, and ICSI–with a minimum of technical language, also covering pregnancy after ART and pregnancy loss. The second part looks in detail at third-party parenting options–sperm donation, ovum donation, surrogacy, gestational care, and embryo donation. The authors provide guidelines and suggestions for openness with childre born as a result of ART, strongly urging truth concerning genetic origins. A
list of resource organizations and references completes this informative and well written book. Essential for anyone considering ART, this is highly recommended for most libraries.”

Choosing Assisted Reproduction goes far beyond other works on this subject. Cooper and Glazer cover an impressively wide range of issues with a thorough, informed and sensitive voice. Addressing each of the available assisted reproductive technologies and all of the potential participants in them, they examine the complex and interrelated medical,
psychosocial, and ethical issues involved in family building through the assisted reproductive technologies. A valuable contribution to this growing field, this is a “must read” for anyone—patient, third party contributor, or professionals—seriously considering
assisted reproduction.

Susan L. Crockin, Esq.
Attorney specializing in reproductive health law.

A bold and much-needed book for patients and professionals alike. Cooper and Glazer integrate complex information and provide insightful guidance for us all. Their years of experience and research are clear to the reader. I appreciate the authors’ willingness to take a stand about the future and attempt to foresee the effects of third-party
reproduction on children.

Hilary Hanafin, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist with the Center for Surrogate Parenting and Egg Donation

Midwest Book Review’s Internet BookWatch for March, 1998 says… Choosing Assisted Reproduction covers all of the new reproductive technologies and reproductive assistances from third parties offering infertile people an area of treatment options and alternative paths to parenthood. Their explanations and recommendations will help these parents make decisions with knowledge and confidence. Drawing upon lessons learned from generations of families expanded by adoption and donor insemination, Cooper and Glazer offer parents and prospective parents guidance about when, how and why to talk with children about their origins. This is must reading for anyone contemplating an assisted reproduction.

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