Men's Work, Women's Work

Politics & Social Sciences

Harriet Bradley

Social Sciences

Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt)

The Doctors Mayo.

Biographies & Memoirs

H. Clapesattle

Professionals & Academics

Book by Judith A. Martin, David A. Lanegran

Where We Live: The Residential Districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul

History

Judith A. Martin

David A. Lanegran

Americas

Eastern Europe, 1740-1985

Robin Okey

Politics & Government

The creation of "test-tube babies" acted as a spur to public debate about the implications of research on embryos, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, and the whole range of technologies concerned with human reproduction. The scope of reproductive technologies examined in this volume - from techniques for the medical "management" of childbirth, to genetic engineering - is such that few women in the western world, and smaller and smaller numbers in the third world, escape their influence. What then is their impact: on the process of reproduction, on family life and particularly on women? This book comprises a remarkable collection of original essays which attempts to place the current controversy over reproductive technologies in a political, legal and economic context. Contributors, who include Lesley Doyal, Ann Oakley, Ros Petchesky, Carol Smart, Hilary Rose and Naomi Pfeffer, examine systematically the technologies that have sparked off these debates. They explore the problem of infertility, which is used to invalidate reproductive technologies; the way assumptions about the family and about biological parenthood continue to structure the arguments for and against; the impact of the medicalization of childbirth; the way debates are embedded in changing conceptions of paternal rights, maternal rights and embryo rights; the problems of providing adequate health care for women; and, above all, the urgency with which these issues raise problems about the accountability of science.

Reproductive Technologies

Parenting & Relationships

Stanworth, Michelle

Family Relationships

The Wrong Man is the dramatic story of Michael Mello's twenty-year-long fight to save Spaziano from being executed for crimes he didn't commit. In a gripping personal account Mello, a well-known author, activist, and legal commentator, describes the ins and outs of this case and the extremes to which he was driven by it. In his desperation to halt this miscarriage of justice, Mello broke ethical and procedural rules, faced possible contempt charges and disbarment proceedings, and gave up hope of ever practicing law in Florida again. Among his unconventional measures was to involve the Miami Herald, which eventually published an investigative piece exposing the fundamental unfairness of Spaziano's sentence, an article that was instrumental in turning the tide of public opinion and bringing the case to the attention of the national media.More than an account of a single, notorious death penalty case, The Wrong Man is an indictment of capital punishment and the criminal justice system -- a fascinating first-person narrative about death penalty legal work and a detailed account of how the justice system often fails to deliver justice. Ultimately Mello offers compelling proof of the following sad reality: wrongful convictions can easily occur, and innocent people are sentenced to death and executed in America.

The Wrong Man: The True Story of Innocence on Death Row

Michael Mello

True Crime

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