Assisteret befrugtning, en feministisk teoretisk udfordring?

Abstract

Assisted reproduction; a theoretical challenge? Since Sulamith Firestones published: The Dialectic of Sex: The Case For Feminist Revolution (1970), an engaged debate between feminists has developed regarding the use of assisted reproduction. The technology has generated questions such as: Is assisted reproduction a technology of emancipation or suppression? Who should have access to assisted reproduction? And what happens to perceptions of concepts such as kinship and gender when assisted reproductive technologies are used? In this review article I explore how assisted reproduction has played a crucial role in developing feminist theory, from radical feminism until today. I discuss and analyze how the different ethical-political agendas occurring due to the use of assisted reproductive technologies has provoked different perspectives of technology and reconceptualizations of gender and kinship.

Keywords

• Assisted reproduction
• feminist theory
• perspectives on technology
• kinship
• gender