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Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Motherhood in the Context of Indian Society
2021
Introduction: In Indian societies, infertility has been considered a disease even after developing several alternative ways to have a child in the field of medical science. Despite knowing the fact that the inability to have a child may come from both husband’s side or wife’s side, most of the time it is the woman or wife who is considered responsible and blamed for infertility. Apart from a willingness to have a child, various other reasons like familial pressure, societal pressure, stigmatising a woman for not being able to conceive a baby, etc. compel a woman to take help of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs). Objective: This paper is an endeavour to understand the issue of infertility in the context of Indian society along with the impact of ARTs on women. Methods: The present study follows a descriptive analytical method and the data are collected from secondary sources like journal and newspaper articles and government reports etc. Results: It was found that infertile w...
Meanings and Senses Apprehension of the Parenthood on ART (Assisted Reproductive Therapy)
Journal of Psychology Research
This study tried to understand how the process of subjectivity production is constituted on the transition to parenthood of men and women that had their children through ART (Assisted Reproductive Therapy) with the purpose of learning its meaning and senses. It was adopted a socio-historical perspective to discuss the parenthood denaturalizing. "Floating readings" were done from the collected material, aggregation of 66 pre-indicators (by its repetion or reiteration), by the emphasized importance of the informants' lines, by the emotional aspect and by the indecisions or contradictions. After this process there, it can be agglutinated in 29 indicators from the reverse speed-reading material, considering the agglutination result in five signification nucleus. Based on the genre concept that denaturalizes hierarchy of powers based on the sex differences, looking for the deconstruction of the components of natural social relationship, and that the "productive natural body" was built socio-historical, not giving birth to a child is not accomplishing what was social expected (to be a mother and a father). Therefore, this reflection construction allowed to denaturalize the feminine/maternity and masculine/paternity concepts, put the maternity/paternity as a human existence option and not as an essential identity of men and women.
[Health and development of children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies]
PubMed, 2014
Around 3% of children are conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART) in France. Several questions concerning the early or late follow-up of these children are raised, as there are differences in the population in charge and because of clinical or biological procedures used. Nevertheless, one has to be cautious in interpreting the data as it is difficult to study one factor at a time, and as many other events can bias the results. However, ART is associated with a higher risk, even moderate, of prematurity, foetal hypotrophy, and neo natal complications, as compared to natural conceived children. There is also increasing evidence that ART-conceived children present more epigenetic diseases and congenital mainly concerning cardio-vascular, uro-genital and musculo-skeletal systems, as natural conceived children. Absolute risks remain anyway moderate and reassuring. Long term follow up is encouraging, with correct growth or psychomotor development of these children, and no significant excess of risk for cancer, but it is necessary to carry on this follow up in order to have data on their development to adulthood and on their fertility.
Gender, Infertility, Motherhood, and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Turkey
Human reproduction and genetic ethics, 2010
In Turkey, as in many other countries, infertility is generally regarded as a negative phenomenon in a woman's life and is associated with a lot of stigma by society. In other words, female infertility and having a baby using Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) have to be taken into consideration with respect to gender, motherhood, social factors, religion and law. Yet if a woman chooses to use ART she has to deal with the consequences of her decision, such as being ostracized by society. Other types of procedures in this area, such as sperm and ova donation or surrogate motherhood, are not permitted in law. However, both before and after the development of this techonology, society has been finding its own solutions which are rarely questioned and are * This manuscript was presented as "A Medicolegal Approach to Assisted Reproductive Technology in Turkey" at the 8th World Bioethics Congress,
‘Super-mothers’: the meaning of mothering after assisted reproductive technology
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 2014
The experience of having a child is a new experience that can be challenging for mothers. However, this experience can be different for mothers who are subjected to assisted reproduction techniques, compared to mothers with normal fertility experience. The assisted reproductive techniques influence the attitudes and expectations of mothers towards their children, as well as the mother-child relationship. This study aimed to investigate the challenges mothers face after assisted reproduction techniques. Methods: This study was conducted using a descriptive-interpretive phenomenological approach. The participants in this study included a total of 13 ART mothers, who took part in 21 in-depth interviews. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Six methodical activities introduced by van-Manen, were used during data collection, data analysis, and reporting the findings. Results: Challenges of mothers who had children through assisted reproduction techniques was summarized in the main theme of "Over Challenging Mothers". This theme incorporated into three sub-themes: (1) child-centered maternity; (2) maternity in an aura of fear; (3) doubts in accepting the maternal role. Conclusion: Undoubtedly, the experience of motherhood through assisted reproduction techniques is a challenging and stressful condition. In fact, this experience is a big challenge for mothers since these mothers used to be nulliparous. They may feel considerable anxiety about their child's health. Most of these mothers had their newborns after a long period of time, emotional investment, difficulty, and anxiety. These experiences lead to the emergence of the main theme of over challenging mother.
The Impact of Assisted Reproductive Technologies on Modern Society The Example of India
The Impact of Assisted Reproductive Technologies on Modern Society The Example of India, 2017
The article analyses the practice of assisted reproductive technologies in the globalizing society. Today the "reproductive tourism", caused by high mobility of world population, is developing rapidly. Patients travel all over the world to get access to the needed medical service-fertility treatment. The article considers "reproductive tourism" to India and its consequences for low-class women. The study also shows that the influence of the reproductive technologies on the Indian society resembles scenarios of cyberpunk science fiction where people are exploited by high-tech technologies.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies Abuse Women in the form of Surrogacy
2016
— In the world, each and every woman has a wonderful capacity for procreation and every woman cherishes the experience of motherhood. Meanwhile, the social and cultural factors coerce women to procreate, suppose the women cannot procreate due to some biological and physiological condition, the duos are unfit to live their life and there is no meaning to live in the world. There are many reasons for infertility like lifestyle factors, habits etc. Owing to modern life style infertility is a common problem to everyone. The defect can be either with men or women or both. In this particular situation they seek medical attention. Here, the physicians have introduced technology like Assisted Reproductive Technology to the duos. Compare to other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) the duos are mainly focused on surrogacy because in surrogacy they can easily get their own genetic child. The word surrogate is derived from Latin word meaning ‗surrogatus ‘ (substitution) – meaning to act ...
Assisted Reproductive Technology
2014
All the treatment or procedure that includes the handling of both human sperm and oocytes or embryos in vitro for the purpose of establishing a pregnancy in order to bypass some pathological obstacles in human reproduction is known as Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). Now we must be approaching 1.5 million Assisted Reproductive Technology birth since the birth of the world's first in vitro fertilization baby, Louise Brown, in the United Kingdom. The infertility is caused by various reason and factors from either or both partners. Infertility affects worldwide by 8-15 percent of couples in general and defined as a disease of the reproductive system by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after one year or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.
JBRA Assisted Reproduction, 2015
Objective: The aim of this study is to report the procedures undertaken in the laboratory of semen of a university hospital specialized in human reproduction in Rio de Janeiro, principally Homologous Artificial Insemination (HAI) taking into account a more social aspect. Methods: This descriptive and retrospective study was based on documentary research. The source of information included medical records and registers containing the procedures performed in the laboratory of semen and the HAI. Testimonies, questionings and suggestions given by the couples during the process were also registered. Results: The couples were clearly informed about the techniques and many times they externalized their demands, doubts and desires in relation to the procedures, treatment and issues concerning their wish to have children and start a family. The discussion shows concerns over the techniques and theories used in this context when performing procedures in the laboratory of semen. Conclusion: The bond to the service remains based on the idea that "now my dream of having kids will come true". Nevertheless, for the operationalization of the access to ARTs, at the public sector of medicine, we should count on the implementation of the National Politics in Assisted Reproduction. It did not take place and today it has even been removed, no longer being in force. It makes very clear the distance between the "accomplishment of the desire for children" and the reality of the provision of means and resources for ART at the medical public level in Brazil.