"Theraeutic Reproduction and Human Dignity" Rhetorical Precis

In the article "Therapeutic Reproduction and Human Dignity" (2009) Richard Storrow accentuates the fact that bioethicists have long embraced literature as a valuable tool. Storrow supports this claim by stating that the study of ficition can be transformitive in addressing not only existing bioethical dilemmas but also ones that yet remain in the realm of speculation. The literary works of Jodi Picoult in "My Sister's Keeper" triggered the controversy of reproduction-assisting technologies and the crisis in human organ donation. Storrow soon turns to the point of view in which this book was written in which is from the donor's perspective. This novel raises questions about the lengths to which families and society should go to heal those stricken by disease. Strorrow has a strong opinion on the excellent depcition of seperation of family and state in this novel. He keeps his audience in mind by restating the metaphor found inside My Sister's Keeper which was "the firefighter husband describing his family as a house fire out of control" and relating this metaphor to the explosive technology that has created these saviour children.

REFERENCE

Storrow, Richard F. "Therapeutic Reproduction and Human Dignity." Law and Literature Vol. 21 , No. 2 (2009): 257-274. Print.