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The State and the Body: Legal Regulation of Bodily Autonomy, written by Elizabeth Wicks

The State and the Body: Legal Regulation of Bodily Autonomy, written by Elizabeth Wicks The State and the Body: Legal Regulation of Bodily Autonomy (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016), isbn: 978-1-8494-6779-7 (handback), 192 pp.With regular media coverage of stories that focus on our bodies and what we, or others, do with our physical structures, this is a timely book to answer the question where does bodily autonomy begin and state intervention end? Recent media coverage has highlighted the complex nature of this debate with newspaper articles and news stories that have examined the emerging market in the transportation of gametes across borders, a trade of body cells discovered in places such as Laos and intended for use in the international surrogacy trade.1 Equally, radical reform proposals made by the Citizens Assembly in April 20172 to amend Ireland’s abortion laws have reignited the debate about an individual’s bodily rights in pregnancy. A recent challenge to the Suicide Act 1961 in relation to the right to die3 as well as the right of doctors to withdraw life sustaining treatment4 ensure that this debate is never far from our minds.Elizabeth Wicks takes us on a philosophical journey through this maze of moral and legal conundrums and constructs strong arguments in favour of bodily autonomy, arguments that should http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Health Law Brill

The State and the Body: Legal Regulation of Bodily Autonomy, written by Elizabeth Wicks

D’Alton-Harrison, Rita
European Journal of Health Law , Volume 25 (1): 5 – Dec 11, 2018
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0929-0273
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10.1163/15718093-12460358
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The State and the Body: Legal Regulation of Bodily Autonomy (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016), isbn: 978-1-8494-6779-7 (handback), 192 pp.With regular media coverage of stories that focus on our bodies and what we, or others, do with our physical structures, this is a timely book to answer the question where does bodily autonomy begin and state intervention end? Recent media coverage has highlighted the complex nature of this debate with newspaper articles and news stories that have examined the emerging market in the transportation of gametes across borders, a trade of body cells discovered in places such as Laos and intended for use in the international surrogacy trade.1 Equally, radical reform proposals made by the Citizens Assembly in April 20172 to amend Ireland’s abortion laws have reignited the debate about an individual’s bodily rights in pregnancy. A recent challenge to the Suicide Act 1961 in relation to the right to die3 as well as the right of doctors to withdraw life sustaining treatment4 ensure that this debate is never far from our minds.Elizabeth Wicks takes us on a philosophical journey through this maze of moral and legal conundrums and constructs strong arguments in favour of bodily autonomy, arguments that should

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European Journal of Health Law – Brill

Published: Dec 11, 2018

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