Reconfiguring Reproduction ─ Feminist Health Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Whether it is in-vitro fertilization, sperm injection, surrogacy, cryopreservation or intrauterine insemination, the field of assisted reproductive technology (or ART) has revolutionized our understanding of pregnancy, birth, infertility, and women's bodies. Viewed by some as a technological ?quick-fix' for infertility, ARTs create both challenges and opportunities, and responses to them have sought to balance questions of ethics, rights and politics. Through essays by eminent academics and activists, this volume examines the ART industry by bringing a feminist health lens to bear on the experiences across the world, in countries as diverse as Korea, Canada, the US, Israel, Australia, India and others.

Sarojini N. has been working on women’s health and rights for more than two decades and is also one of the founders of SAMA, the Resource Group for Women and Health. Vrinda Marwah works with CREA, an international feminist human rights organization based in Delhi.