Word: marcus
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Marcus said cases such as the highly publicized "Baby M" custody trial reveal how traditional terms such as "mother" and "father" are quickly becoming inapplicable to many contemporary families...
Feminist jurisprudence concerning reproduction must often be argued in the language of the status quo, even though the new debate requires its own vocabulary, Marcus said, adding that she believed the current legal system would only offer "modest adaptation...
...Marcus criticized the "elevation of the fetus in American society." Legal discourse on the fetus, Marcus said, helps perpetuate the view of the fetus as the victim of an intruding woman desiring an abortion...
...growing popularity of alternative reproductive techniques has also strengthened "traditional American sex, class and gender roles," said Marcus...
...Marcus said she was also disturbed by the "privileging of heterosexuality by the new reproductive technologies." The new technology, she said, is not being extended to the homosexual population. Marcus cited a British study revealing that most doctors believed "intuitively" that a baby would be better off in a traditional family...