Embodied Subjects and Fragmented Objects: Women’s Bodies, Assisted Reproduction Technologies and the Right to Self-Determination

• Published in: Journal of bioethical inquiry Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 239 - 249
• Main Authors: Gupta, Jyotsna Agnihotri, Richters, Annemiek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Bioethics; Ethics; Fertilization (in vitro); Human body; Human reproduction; Human rights; Medical ethics; Medical Law; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Moral and ethical aspects; Reproductive technology; Sex role; Social values; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Women; Women's studies; Bioethics; Assisted reproduction technologies; Gender studies; Self-determination; Women’s bodies

This article focuses on the transformation of the female reproductive body with the use of assisted reproduction technologies under neo-liberal economic globalisation, wherein the ideology of trade without borders is central, as well as under liberal feminist ideals, wherein the right to self-determ...