Freedom and Authority: The Control of Reproduction
Also listed as Science 350 and Social Studies 350. How do social, biological, and cultural constraints affect decisions about reproduction? How do social institutions set and enforce the boundaries of what is possible and permissible? How do practices of reproduction generate meaning for human existence? This seminar examines conflicts between the freedom of the individual to make decisions about reproduction and the internal and external authorities of biology, evolution, the family, the state, health care systems, criminal justice systems, and religious hierarchies.
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The Grinnell College Academic Catalog is printed every two years, with interim changes provided online. The most recent printed catalog is dated 2011-13.





