Assisted reproductive technologies : implications for women's reproductive rights and social citizenship; final technical report (10th December 2010)

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2010

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Sama-Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi, IN

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Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), using a language of choice and rights, have not only created a market for donors and surrogates, but also commercialized and fragmented human reproductive body parts like ova and uteri. The research attempts to understand the use of assisted reproductive technologies, linkages with the variables of caste and class in India, the absence of state regulation, the commodification and extensive commercialization of ARTs and women's bodies, and the implications of such unregulated technologies in terms of women’s health and rights. The study explores the social, medical and ethical implications of ARTs in three metropolitan cities – Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, WOMEN'S HEALTH, INFERTILITY, FERTILITY, SURROGATE MOTHERS, SURROGACY, INDUSTRY, INDIA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/46230

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (WRC) / Résultats de recherches (DFPC)