The Plasticized Pregnant Woman and Legal Rights over Reproductive 'Material'

Lemmens, Trudo

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The Plasticized Pregnant Woman and Legal Rights over Reproductive 'Material'

IMAGINING SCIENCE, pp. 60-62, Timothy Caulfield & Shawn Caulfield, eds., University of Alberta Press, 2008

3 Pages Posted: 30 Jul 2010 Last revised: 3 Sep 2013

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Trudo Lemmens

University of Toronto - Faculty of Law

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

Art and imagery evoke an emotional response that is often unconsciously hidden in legal debates surrounding ethical and social issues surrounding the human body. This short chapter discusses the use of images of the Body Worlds exhibition in a course on Privacy, Property, and the Human Body, to highlight the emotional dimension of choices of legal categories and decisions about rights and obligations. Art reconnects our inner selves with how we want to shape and organize our external relations through law.

Keywords: Privacy, Property, Ethics, Human Body

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Lemmens, Trudo, The Plasticized Pregnant Woman and Legal Rights over Reproductive 'Material' (2008). IMAGINING SCIENCE, pp. 60-62, Timothy Caulfield & Shawn Caulfield, eds., University of Alberta Press, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1651239