Breaking the Ice: Young Feminist Scholars of Reproductive Politics Reflect on Egg Freezing
International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 2014, pp. 236-247
13 Pages Posted: 28 Jun 2016
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Breaking the Ice: Young Feminist Scholars of Reproductive Politics Reflect on Egg Freezing
Breaking the Ice: Young Feminist Scholars of Reproductive Politics Reflect on Egg Freezing
Date Written: October 20, 2014
Abstract
While proponents of social (i.e., nonmedical) egg freezing argue that it is liberating for women, opponents contest that the technology provides an individualist solution to a social problem. This article comprises personal and academic reflections on the debate on social egg freezing from four young women studying reproductive technologies. We challenge the promotion of social egg freezing as an empowering option for women and question cultural assumptions about childbearing, the disclosure of risk, failures to consider sexual diversity and socioeconomic status, and the expansion of the market in reproductive tissues.
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