The Unborn Human

ISBN: 978-1-60785-xxx-x

edited by Deborah Lupton

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Medical Science: Historical

Barniville, H. (1914) The morphology and histology of a human embryo of 8.5 mm. Journal of Anatomy, 49(Pt 1), 1—71. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1288991/

Barry, J. (1846) Medico-Christian Embryology, or the Unborn Child (From the Earliest Period of its Existence). Louisville: printed for the author. http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/muradora/objectView.action?pid=nlm:nlmuid-101161766-bk

Helme, T.A. (1907) An address on the unborn child: its care and rights. British Medical Journal, 2(2434), 421—5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2358178

Monie, I. (1963) Influence of the environment on the unborn. Western Journal of Medicine, 99(5), 323—27. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1515272/

Rhetta, B. (1915) A plea for the lives of the unborn. Journal of the National Medical Association, 7(3), 200—5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622137

Tansey, E. and Christie, D. (eds) (2000) Looking At the Unborn: Historical Aspects of Obstetric Ultrasound. Wellcome Witness to Twentieth Century Medicine: Vol. 5. London: Wellcome Trust. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/2075  


Medical Science: Contemporary

Anthes, E. (2010) The bad daddy factor. Blog post on Pacific Standard. http://www.psmag.com/health/the-bad-daddy-factor-25764/

Beveridge, E., Anath, H. and Scurlock, H. (2003) What protection for the unborn child of a psychologically vulnerable adult? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 96(2), 92—3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539404

Dayan, J., Creveuil, C., Dreyfus, M., Herlicoviez, M., Baleyte, J.-M. and O’Keane, V. (2010) Developmental model of depression applied to prenatal depression: role of past and present life events, post emotional disorders and pregnancy stress. PLoS ONE, 5(9), e12942. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012942

Hunt, J., Daudi, K. Langat, McIntire, R. and Morales, P. (2006) The role of HLA-G in human pregnancy. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 4(Suppl 1): S10. Full article available under Creative Commons licence.

McDonald, K., Amir, L. and Davey, M-A. (2011) Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals. BMC Public Health, 11(Suppl 5). Article available under the Creative Commons licence.

Muchado, J., Filho, P., Peterson, G. and Chatkin, J. (2011) Quantitative effects of tobacco smoking exposure on the maternal-fetal circulation. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 11(24). Full article available under the Creative Commons licence.

Ratnapalan, S., Bentur, Y. and Koren, G. (2008) Doctor, will that x-ray harm my unborn child? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 179(12), 1293—6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585137

Reissland, N., Francis, B., Mason, J. and Lincoln, K. (2011) Do facial expressions develop before birth? PLoS One, 6(8). http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0024081

Saastad, E., Winje, B., Pedersen, B. Stray and Froen, J. Frederick (2011) Fetal movement counting improved identification of fetal growth restriction and perinatal outcomes – a multi-centre, randomized, control trial. PLoS One, 6(12). http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0028482    

Souza, J., Oliveira-Neto, A., Surita, F. Garanhani, Cecatti, J., Amaral, E. and e Silva, J. Pinto (2006) The prolongation of somatic support in a pregnant woman with brain-death: a case report. Reproductive Health, 3(3). Article available under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Spong, C. (2006) Protection against prenatal alcohol-induced damage. PLoS Medicine, 3(4). http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030196

Stotland, N. (1998) Abortion: social context, psychodynamic implications. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 155(7), 964—7. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=172914  

Viaux-Savalen, S. et al. (2012) Prenatal ultrasound screening: false positive soft markers may alter maternal representations and mother-infant interaction. PLoS One, 7(1). http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030935

Wang, S. (2011) The past, present, and future of embryo selection in In Vitro fertilization. Yale Journal of Biological Medicine, 84(4), 487—90. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3238312

Yazdani, S., Yosofniyapasha, Y., Nasab, B. Hassan, Mojaveri, M. Hagshenas, and Bouzari, Z. (2012) Effect of maternal body mass index on pregnancy outcome and newborn weight. BMC Research Notes, 5(34). Article available under the Creative Commons licence.


Sociocultural Perspectives

Conley, O. (2012) Life magazine’s ‘drama of life before birth’. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. http://stsrepository.mbl.edu/bitstream/handle/10776/2024/embryo127869.xhtml?sequence=1

Lupton, D. (2012) Configuring Maternal, Preborn and Infant Embodiment. Sydney Health & Society Working Paper No. 2. Sydney: Sydney Health & Society Group. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8363  

Murphy, D. (2004) My foetus (review of documentary of this name). British Medical Journal, 328(7446). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC404517

Palmer, J. (2010) Briefing paper No. 4: 3D foetal ultrasound: social and clinical meanings. Available from warwick.ac.uk (Google Scholar).


Unborn Imagery


‘Making Visible Embryos’: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/visibleembryos


‘The Embryo Project Encyclopedia’: http://embryo.asu.edu


‘The Sociology of the Unborn’: http://pinterest.com/dalupton/sociology-of-the-unborn


‘The Visual Embryo’: http://www.visembryo.com 


‘God’s Little Ones’: http://www.godslittleones.com


'The Ultrasound as Cultural Artefact': http://pinterest.com/dalupton/the-ultrasound-as-cultural-artefact


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMzPEpizhtI&feature=fvsr: computer-generated imagery showing development from conception to birth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJIKe9eJLh4&feature=related : public relations film for anti-abortion activists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVGC-LO6BUA : computer-generated imagery to show the development of the embryo and foetus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-TLTQemNU&feature=related : footage from a National Geographic documentary using in uterine filming to show foetal development and birth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGndijGHg4&feature=related: memorial video for pregnancy loss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEuzKOu_Ck4&feature=related: memorial video for pregnancy loss.


Ethical, Political and Philosophical Perspectives

Aksoy, S. (2001) Antenatal screening and its possible meaning from unborn baby’s perspective. BMC Medical Ethics, 2(3). Full article able to be published under Creative Commons license.

Blackford, R. (2006) Stem cell research on other worlds, or why embryos do not have a right to life. Journal of Medical Ethics, 32(3), 177—80. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564478/

Douglas, T. and Savulescu, J. (2009) Destroying unwanted embryos in research. Talking Point on morality and human embryo research. EBMO Reports, 10(4), 307—12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC267289   

Ehrich, K., Williams, C., Farsides, B., Sandall, J. and Scott, R. (2007) Choosing embryos: ethical complexity and relational autonomy in staff accounts of PGD. Sociology of Health & Illness, 29(7), 1091—106. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440558/

Ehrich, K., Williams, C. an d Farsides, B. (2008) The embryo as moral work object: PGD/IVF staff views and experiences. Sociology of Health & Illness, 30(5), 772—87. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592482  

George, R. and Lee, P. (2009) Embryonic human persons. Talking Point on morality and human embryo research. EMBO Reports, 10(4), 301—6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672893

Greeley, H. (2006) Moving human embryonic stem cells from legislature to lab: remaining legal and ethical questions. PLoS Medicine, 3(5), e143. http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030143

Haimes, E. and Taylor, K. (2011) The contributions of empirical evidence to socio-ethical debates on fresh embryo donation for human embryonic stem cell research. Bioethics, 25(6), 334—41. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130929

Manninen, B. Alvarez (2007) Revising the argument from fetal potential. Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 2(7). Full article available under the Creative Commons licence.

Manninen, B. Alvarez (2008) Are human embryos Kantian persons? Kantian considerations in favor of embryonic stem cell research. Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 3(4). Full article available under the Creative Commons licence.

Moller, M. (2008) Human embryonic stem cell research, justice, and the problem of unequal biological access. Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 3(22). Full article available under the Creative Commons licence.

Shalev, C. and Werner-Felmeyer, C. (2012) Patterns of globalized reproduction: egg cells regulation in Israel and Austria. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 1(15). Full article available under Creative Commons licence.

Theodosiou, A. and Johnson, M. (2011) The politics of human embryo research and the motivation to achieve PGD. Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 22(5), 457—71.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101706/ 

Legal Perspectives

Australian Surrogacy and Adoption Blog (2012) In world first case, Qld judge decides when conception occurs. http://surrogacyandadoption.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/in-world-first-case-qld-judge-decides.html

Conde, J. (2006) Embryo donation: the government adopts a cause. William & Mary Journal of Woman and the Law, 13(1), 273—303. http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmjowl/vol13/iss1/7  

Fleming, M. (2008) Feticide laws: contemporary legal applications and constitutional inquiries.Pace Law Review, 29(1). http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/plr/vol29/iss1/3

Havard, J. (1964) Legal protection of life of the unborn and newly born. British Medical Journal, 1(5381), 499—500. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1813602

Sills, E. and Murphy, S. (2009) Determining the status of non-transferred embryos in Ireland: a conspectus of case law and implications for clinical IVF practice. Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 4(8). Full article available under the Creative Commons licence.

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