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Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. HUMAN REPRODUCTION : NATURAL AND ASSISTED METHODS OF CONCEPTION=1

SECTION I. THE WONDERS OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION=1

A. Natural Conception=2

Lawrence J. Kaplan & Carolyn M. Kaplan, Natural Reproduction and Reproduction-Aiding Technologies=2

Notes and Questions=6

B. Infertility : When Natural Conception Does Not Occur=9

1. Defining the Causes of Infertility=11

The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, Assisted Reproductive Technologies : Analysis and Recommendations for Public Policy=11

2. Defining the Incidence of Infertility=12

Notes and Questions=13

SECTION II. JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MODERN ROLE OF REPRODUCTION=18

A. An Introductory Case=18

Bragdon v. Abbott=18

Notes and Questions=23

SECTION III. ASSISTED CONCEPTION=26

A. A Brief History of ART=26

1. The Earliest Years=26

2. Human Artificial Insemination=27

Gursky v. Gursky=29

Notes and Questions=33

B. Conception in the Laboratory―In Vitro Fertilization=35

1. Investigating the Possibility of Conception Outside the Body=35

2. Advances in IVF and the Future of ART=36

3. A Glossary of ART Terms=38

C. Successes and Failures in ART Medicine=40

1. Is ART Effective?=40

Notes and Questions=43

2. Is ART Safe for Children and Adults?=45

a. Safety to Children=45

Manon Ceelen, Mirjam M. Van Weissenbruch, Jan P.W. Vermeiden, Flora E. Van Leeuwen, and Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Wall, Growth and Development of Children Born After In Vitro Fertilization=45

George Kovalevsky, Paolo Rinaudo, and Christos Coutifaris, Do Assisted Reproductive Technologies Cause Adverse Fetal Outcomes?=48

Notes and Questions=49

b. Safety to Adults=53

Edward G. Hughes and Mita Giacomini, Funding In Vitro Fertilization Treatment for Persistent Subfertility : The Pain and the Politics=53

Notes and Questions=54

SECTION IV. WHAT IS THE NATURE AND STATUS OF THE HUMAN EMBRYO?=56

A. The Biological Status of the Human Embryo=56

Howard W. Jones, Jr. and Lucinda Veeck, What Is An Embryo?=56

Notes and Questions=59

B. The Legal Status of the Human Embryo=60

1. An Introductory Case=60

Davis v. Davis=60

Notes and Questions=69

2. Legal Responses to the Status of the Human Embryo=70

Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Rights of Embryo and Foetus in Private Law=70

Notes and Questions=73

C. The Moral Status of the Human Embryo=74

Notes and Questions=76

Chapter 2. PROCREATIONAL LIBERTY : CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE=81

SECTION I. TRADITIONAL REPRODUCTION AND THE CONSTITUTION=81

A. Establishing Reproduction as a Fundamental Right=81

1. The Early Cases=81

Meyer v. Nebraska=81

Notes and Questions=85

Skinner v. Oklahoma=87

Notes and Questions=90

2. State Support for Mandatory Sterilization=92

Buck v. Bell=92

Notes and Questions=93

Paul A. Lombardo, Facing Carrie Buck=95

B. The Right to Avoid Procreation=100

1. Emerging Advances in Human Contraception=100

Griswold v. Connecticut=100

Notes and Questions=103

Eisenstadt v. Baird=106

Notes and Questions=108

2. Abortion=111

a. The Seminal Case=112

Roe v. Wade=112

Notes and Questions=119

b. The Roe Progeny=120

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services=120

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey=123

Notes and Questions=128

c. The Latest Word on Abortion, For Now=130

SECTION II. ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT=130

A. Arguments for Recognizing ART as a Fundamental Right=130

John A. Robertson, Children of Choice : Freedom and the New Reproductive Technologies=131

B. Arguments Against Recognizing ART as a Fundamental Right=138

Radhika Rao, Constitutional Misconceptions=138

Ann MacLean Massie, Regulating Choice : A Constitutional Law Response to Professor John A. Robertson's Children of Choice=143

Notes and Questions=148

C. Judicial Perspectives on ART as a Fundamental Right=150

1. Equating ART and Natural Conception=151

Lifchez v. Hartigan=151

Kass v. Kass=154

Notes and Questions=157

2. Distinguishing ART from Natural Conception=158

Davis v. Davis=158

Notes and Questions=163

Gerber v. Hickman=165

Notes and Questions=171

Chapter 3. THE BUSINESS OF ART : SELLING, DONATING AND INSURING ASSISTED REPRODUCTION=173

SECTION I. UNDERSTANDING THE MARKET FOR REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES=173

A. Fertility Clinics as Providers of ART Services=173

1. A Patient's Perspective=173

Notes and Questions=174

2. The Physician's Perspective=179

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Shared-Risk or Refund Programs in Assisted Reproduction=179

B. Profiles of ART Clients=182

Dorothy E. Roberts, Race and the New Reproduction=182

SECTION II. SPERM AND EGG "DONORS"=188

A. Sperm Donations : Assessing Risks and Benefits=188

1. Donor Disclosure : A Child's Perspective=191

Notes and Problems=194

2. The Pitfalls of Sperm Donation=196

Johnson v. Superior Court=196

Notes and Questions=204

B. Egg Donations : Assessing Risks and Benefits=205

1. The Business of Egg Donation=207

Martha Frase-Blunt, Ova-Compensating? ; Women Who Donate Eggs To Infertile Couples Earn a Reward―But Pay a Price=207

Judith Daar, Physical Beauty Is Only Egg Deep=211

Notes and Questions=213

2. The Ethics of Egg Donation=215

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Financial Compensation of Oocyte Donors=215

Notes and Questions=219

3. Informed Consent and Egg Donation=223

a. Informing Egg Donors of Risks and Benefits=223

Gregory Stock, Eggs for Sale : How Much Is Too Much?=223

Judith Daar, Regulating the Fiction of Informed Consent in ART Medicine=225

Notes and Questions=227

b. Informing Donors About Gamete Placement=228

Litowitz v. Litowitz=229

Notes and Questions=232

SECTION III. THE BENEFITS AND BURDENS OF AN ART MARKET=233

A. Should We Ban a Market for the Sale of Gametes?=233

1. Arguments for Market Inalienability=233

Mary Lyndon Shanley, Collaboration and Commodification in Assisted Procreation : Reflections on an Open Market and Anonymous Donation in Human Sperm and Eggs=234

Notes and Questions=238

2. Arguments In Support of a Gamete Market=239

Richard A. Posner, The Ethics and Economics of Enforcing Contracts of Surrogate Motherhood=239

B. Should the ART Market Be Open to All Willing Buyers and Sellers?=243

1. Exclusions Based On Age=243

Judith Daar, Death of Aging Mother Raises More Questions About IVF Rules=243

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Oocyte Donation to Postmenopausal Women=245

Notes and Questions=247

2. Exclusions Based on Health Status=247

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Infertility Treatment=248

Notes and Problems=252

3. Exclusions Based on Marital Status and Sexual Orientation=256

North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, Inc. v. San Diego County Superior Court=256

Notes and Questions=261

SECTION IV. INSURING ART SERVICES=262

A. The Market Landscape=262

1. The Status of Infertility Insurance Coverage=262

a. Statutory Law=262

b. Case Law=266

Lisa M. Kerr, Can Money Buy Happiness? An Examination of the Coverage of Infertility Services Under HMO Contracts=267

Notes and Questions=270

Saks v. Franklin Covey=271

Notes and Questions=279

2. The Politics of ART Insurance Coverage=280

Edward G. Hughes & Mita Giacomini, Funding In Vitro Fertilization Treatment for Persistent Subfertility : The Pain and the Politics=280

Questions=281

B. ART Insurance Coverage and the Effect on Clinical Outcomes=282

Problem=283

Chapter 4. CHOOSING OUR CHILDREN'S TRAITS : GENDER AND GENETIC SELECTION IN ART=285

SECTION I. THE CURRENT STATE OF TECHNOLOGY=288

A. Choosing a Child's Gender=289

1. Preconception Gender Selection=292

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Preconception Gender Selection for Nonmedical Reasons=292

Notes and Questions=296

2. Postconception Gender Selection=299

The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Sex Selection and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis=299

Notes and Questions=305

John A. Robertson, Extending Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis : Medical and Non-medical Uses=308

The President's Council on Bioethics, Beyond Therapy : Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness=310

Notes and Questions=311

B. Choosing a Child's Genetic Make-Up=313

1. Using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Cure Illness=314

Notes and Questions=315

Susan M. Wolf, Jeffrey P. Kahn, John E. Wagner, Using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Create a Stem Cell Donor : Issues, Guidelines & Limits=316

R (on The Application of Quintavalle) v. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority=323

Notes and Questions=331

Problem=333

2. Using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Avoid Illness=334

a. PGD and the Meaning of Disability=334

Notes and Questions=336

b. PGD and Adult-Onset Diseases=339

Notes and Questions=341

3. Using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Achieve Pregnancy=341

SECTION II. THE CURRENT STATE OF THE LAW=343

Genetics & Public Policy Center, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis : A Discussion of Challenges, Concerns, and Preliminary Options Related to the Genetic Testing of Human Embryos=343

Notes and Questions=347

SECTION III. ETHICAL AND LEGAL DEBATE SURROUNDING GENDER SELECTION=352

A. Constitutional Analysis=353

Carl H. Coleman, Is There a Constitutional Right to Preconception Sex Selection?=353

Notes and Questions=355

B. Ethical Analysis=356

Rebecca Dresser, Cosmetic Reproductive Services and Professional Integrity=356

Notes and Questions=357

SECTION IV. ETHICAL AND LEGAL DEBATE SURROUNDING GENETIC SELECTION=358

A. Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding Genetic Selection=358

Maxwell J. Mehlman, The Law of Above Averages : Leveling the New Genetic Enhancement Playing Field=359

Notes and Questions=362

B. Legal Dilemmas Surrounding Genetic Selection=366

Paretta v. Medical Offices for Human Reproduction=366

Notes and Questions=369

Problem=370

Chapter 5. FAMILY LAW ISSUES IN ART : QUESTIONS OF PARENTAGE AND PARENTAL RIGHTS=371

SECTION I. EARLY DILEMMAS IN FAMILY LAW=371

A. Determining Paternity in AID Families=371

Strnad v. Strnad=371

Notes and Questions=372

People v. Sorensen=373

Notes and Questions=376

B. Early Changes in the Law=377

Jhordan C. v. Mary K.=379

Notes and Questions=383

C. The Problem of Known Donors=384

Ferguson v. McKiernan=384

Notes and Questions=392

SECTION II. BUILDING FAMILIES THROUGH SURROGATE PARENTING AGREEMENTS=394

A. An Introductory Case=394

In the Matter of Baby M=394

Notes and Questions=404

B. Distinguishing "Traditional" and "Gestational" Surrogacy=408

1. Traditional Surrogacy=409

R.R. v. M.H.=409

Notes and Questions=413

2. Gestational Surrogacy=415

Johnson v. Calvert=415

Notes and Questions=422

A.H.W. v. G.H.B.=427

Notes and Questions=429

3. Profiles in Surrogate Parenting Arrangements=431

a. Profile of a Traditional Surrogate Mother=432

b. Profile of a Gestational Surrogate Mother=433

c. Profile of an Intended Mother=435

Notes and Questions=435

C. Statutory Responses to Surrogate Parenting Arrangements=439

1. Laws Regulating Surrogacy=439

a. Individual State Laws=439

Notes and Questions=446

b. Uniform Laws on Surrogacy=447

Notes and Questions=451

2. Constitutionality of Surrogacy Laws=453

J.R., M.R. and W.K.J. v. Utah=453

Notes and Questions=461

SECTION III. BUILDING FAMILIES THROUGH THE USE OF DONOR GAMETES=462

A. The State of the Art in Donor Gametes=462

B. The State of the Law in Donor Gametes=464

1. Judicial Perspectives=464

In re Marriage of Buzzanca=464

Notes and Questions=470

2. Statutory Perspectives on Donor Gametes=472

Questions=474

SECTION IV. BUILDING FAMILIES IN SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS=474

A. The Prevalence of Same-Sex Parents=474

B. Family Law Dilemmas For Same-Sex Parents=478

1. Determining Paternity=478

C.O. v. W.S.=478

Lamaritata v. Lucas=479

Notes and Questions=481

Adoption of Tammy=483

Notes and Questions=487

K.M. v. E.G.=489

Notes and Questions=496

SECTION V. MISHAPS IN THE LABORATORY : THE CHILDREN OF ART GAMETE MIX-UPS=498

A. Defining the Problem=498

B. Judicial Perspectives on Gamete Mix-Ups=500

1. The Case of Physician Malfeasance=500

Prato-Morrison v. Doe=500

Notes and Questions=504

2. Cases of Physician Negligence=506

Robert B. v. Susan B.=506

Notes and Questions=509

Perry-Rogers v. Fasano=510

Leslie Bender, Genes, Parents, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies : ARTs, Mistakes, Sex, Race, & Law=514

Notes and Questions=515

C. Legislative Perspectives on Gamete Mix-Ups=517

Chapter 6. LIFE AFTER DEATH : POSTMORTEM REPRODUCTION=521

SECTION I. THE POSSIBILITIES FOR POSTMORTEM REPRODUCTION=522

A. Freezing Sperm=522

1. Sperm Retrieval During Life=522

a. Sperm Freezing―Past and Present=522

b. Emerging Legal Disputes Over Frozen Sperm=524

Hall v. Fertility Institute of New Orleans=525

Notes and Questions=528

Michael H. Shapiro, Illicit Reasons and Means for Reproduction : On Excessive Choice and Categorical and Technological Imperatives=530

2. Sperm Retrieval After Death=533

Carson Strong, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Sperm Retrieval After Death or Persistent Vegetative State=535

Notes and Questions=538

B. Freezing Eggs : Retrieval During Life and After Death=540

Problem=542

C. Freezing Embryos=542

SECTION II. LEGAL DILEMMAS IN POSTMORTEM REPRODUCTION=545

A. Family Law Questions : Who Is A Parent?=545

In re Estate of Kolacy=546

Notes and Questions=549

B. Probate Law : Awarding Inheritance Rights and Death Benefits=551

Woodward v. Commissioner of Social Security=551

Notes and Questions=556

SECTION III. STATUTORY FRAMEWORKS FOR EVALUATING THE RIGHTS OF POSTMORTEM CONCEPTION CHILDREN=560

A. Uniform Laws Governing Postmortem Reproduction=561

1. The Uniform Parentage Act=561

Notes and Questions=562

2. The Uniform Probate Code=563

Notes and Questions=564

B. Emerging Laws Governing the Rights of Posthumous Children=566

Notes and Questions=567

C. Model Laws and Task Force Reports=569

1. The ABA Model Act=569

Questions=570

2. The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law=570

Questions=571

Chapter 7. ART AND DIVORCE : DISPUTES OVER FROZEN EMBRYOS=573

SECTION I. THE POPULARITY AND FRAILTY OF EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION=574

Frisina v. Woman and Infant Hospital of Rhode Island=575

Miller v. American Infertility Group of Illinois, S.C.=580

Notes and Questions=583

SECTION II. THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING FROZEN EMBRYO DISPUTES=585

A. An Introductory Case=585

Davis v. Davis=585

Notes and Questions=589

B. The Contract Approach=591

Kass v. Kass=591

Notes and Questions=597

Litowitz v. Litowitz=604

Notes and Questions=611

C. The Public Policy Approach=612

A.Z. v. B.Z.=612

Judith F. Daar, Frozen Embryo Disputes Revisited : A Trilogy of Procreation-Avoidance Approaches=618

Notes and Questions=621

J.B. v. M.B.=625

Notes and Questions=632

D. The Question of Parental Rights=634

In re O.G.M.=634

Notes and Questions=637

SECTION III. THE PROBLEM OF EXCESS AND ABANDONED EMBRYOS=638

A. Excess Embryos and Patient Choice=639

1. Donate the Embryos for Research=639

a. Type of Research=639

b. State Law Prohibitions on Embryo Research=640

2. Discard the Embryos After a Designated Time Frame=641

3. Maintain the Embryos in Frozen Storage=642

4. Donate the Embryos to Another Couple=642

B. Excess Embryos and Lack of Patient Choice : The Problem of Abandonment=645

Notes and Questions=647

York v. Jones=648

Notes and Questions=652

Problem=652

Chapter 8. REGULATING REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES=655

SECTION I. THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE FOR ART : AN INTRODUCTION=656

A. The Goals of Regulation=656

Judith F. Daar, Regulating Reproductive Technologies : Panacea or Paper Tiger?=656

Notes and Questions=657

B. The Current State of Regulation=659

1. Direct Regulation by the Federal Government=659

2. Indirect Regulation by the Federal Government=661

3. Direct Regulation by State Governments=662

4. Indirect Regulation by State Governments=663

5. Self-Regulation by the Fertility Industry=665

Notes and Questions=666

SECTION II. IS (INCREASED) ART REGULATION NECESSARY?=668

A. Protecting ART Patients=669

1. Luring Patients : False Advertising and Deceptive Statements=669

Karlin v. IVF America, Inc.=669

Notes and Questions=672

2. Lack of Informed Consent=673

Elements to Be Considered in Obtaining Informed Consent for ART=673

3. Treatment Errors : Negligence, Theft, and Fraud=675

4. Protecting Patient Health=677

B. Protecting ART Offspring=680

Doolan v. IVF America (MA), Inc.=680

Notes and Questions=683

C. Protecting ART Physicians=686

1. Enhancing Public Confidence=686

2. Authorizing Treatment Denials=687

The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Child-Rearing Ability and the Provision of Fertility Services=687

Notes and Questions=690

SECTION III. PROPOSED REGULATORY SCHEMES=691

President's Council on Bioethics, Reproduction & Responsibility : The Regulation of New Biotechnologies=693

Notes and Questions=698

Chapter 9. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH=703

SECTION I. THE SCIENCE OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH=704

A. Introduction to the Terms=704

Jennifer L. Enmon, Stem Cell Research : Is the Law Preventing Progress?=704

Notes and Questions=706

B. Human and Animal Stem Cell Studies=712

Problem=716

C. Framing the Debate Over Stem Cell Research=717

The President's Council on Bioethics, Monitoring Stem Cell Research=717

SECTION II. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK SURROUNDING STEM CELL RESEARCH=718

A. Laws Relating to Aborted Fetuses as Sources of Stem Cells=719

1. Federal Law Relating to Aborted Fetuses as Sources of Stem Cells=719

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research=719

Notes and Questions=722

2. State Laws Relating to Aborted Fetuses as Sources of Stem Cells=724

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research=724

Margaret S. v. Edwards=726

Notes and Questions=729

B. Laws Relating to Embryos as Sources of Stem Cells=731

1. Federal Law Relating to Embryos as Sources of Stem Cells=731

Kara L. Belew, Stem Cell Division : Abortion Law and Its Influence on the Adoption of Radically Different Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany=731

Notes and Questions=734

Doe v. Shalala=735

Question=741

2. State Laws Relating to Embryos as Sources of Stem Cells=741

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research=741

Notes and Questions=743

SECTION III. GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF STEM CELL RESEARCH=745

A. Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research=746

1. The First Presidential Proclamation : August 9, 2001=746

Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research=746

Notes and Questions=749

2. Defending and Questioning the Bush Administration Policy=751

O. Carter Snead, The Pedagogical Significance of the Bush Stem Cell Policy : A Window into Bioethical Regulation in the United States=751

James F. Childress, An Ethical Defense of Federal Funding for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research=756

Notes and Questions=758

Problem=759

3. President Obama and a New Era of Stem Cell Research Policy=760

The White House, Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells=760

Notes and Questions=761

Sherley v. Sebelius=764

B. State Funding of Stem Cell Research=768

1. California=768

2. New Jersey=770

3. Other State Activities=772

Problem=773

SECTION IV. INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON STEM CELL RESEARCH=774

A. International Perspectives=774

Notes and Questions=785

B. Religious Perspectives on Embryonic Stem Cell Research=786

National Bioethics Advisory Commission Summary of Presentations on Religious Perspectives Relating to Research Involving Human Stem Cells, May 7, 1999=787

Notes and Questions=794

Chapter 10. HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE CLONING=797

SECTION I. THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE CLONING=797

A. Three Types of Cloning=798

1. Reproductive Cloning=798

2. Therapeutic Cloning=799

3. Embryo Cloning=800

B. Advances in Animal Cloning=801

1. Safety and Efficacy Concerns=802

2. Purposes of Animal Cloning=804

C. Inroads Into Human Cloning=805

Judith F. Daar, The Prospect of Human Cloning : Improving Nature or Dooming the Species?=807

Lori B. Andrews, Is There a Right to Clone? Constitutional Challenges to Bans on Human Cloning=811

Notes and Questions=814

Problem=815

SECTION II. THE POLITICS OF HUMAN CLONING=816

A. Initial Reaction from the Federal Government=816

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Cloning Human Beings=816

Notes and Questions=819

B. Later Reactions from the Federal Government=822

The President's Council on Bioethics, Human Cloning and Human Dignity=823

Notes and Questions=825

C. Reactions from the States=826

Notes and Questions=829

SECTION III. CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN CLONING=831

A. Cloning and Procreational Autonomy=831

Elizabeth Price Foley, Human Cloning and the Right to Reproduce=833

George J. Annas, Lori B. Andrews and Rosario M. Isasi, Protecting the Endangered Human : Toward an International Treaty Prohibiting Cloning and Inheritable Alterations=838

Notes and Questions=841

B. Cloning and the Right to Scientific Inquiry=842

John Charles Kunich, The Naked Clone=842

Notes and Questions=846

GLOSSARY=849

TABLE OF CASES=TC-1

INDEX=I-1

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Since the first edition of Reproductive Technologies and the Law was published, the field of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has advanced, matured, stabilized and stalled. Now that more than five million children have been born via ART, and nearly three out of every 100 babies born in the United States are the product of assisted conception, the impact and import of the field cannot be overstated. The second edition invites readers to explore the origins of assisted conception and then trace its development to the present day.

Reproductive Technologies and the Law is designed to introduce our students to the essentials in science, medicine, law and ethics that underpin and shape each of the topics that combine to form the law of reproductive technologies. The second edition contains an array of new cases, statutes, policies, and commentaries. As each new technology is introduced, an effort is made to fully inform the reader about the clinical application of the technique; that is, how the procedure is used to treat patients facing infertility or produce advances in medical research. Once comfortable with the science, students can then contemplate the legal parameters that do or should accompany the technology. As more ART laws arise on the legal landscape, and demand for the technologies grows, so too will the need for informed practitioners who can represent the interests and needs of each stakeholder in the complicated equation.