Local/Global Encounters

Development (2006) 49, 128–134. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100303

Assisted Reproductive Technologies in India

Manjeer Mukherjee and Sarojini B Nadimipally

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Abstract

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs)1 raise significant issues at the interface of technology, health and society. Manjeer Muherjee and Sarojini N.B. look at the intersection of patriarchal traditions, the scientific medical establishment, and the global market in India and their combined impact on the creation, proliferation and standardization of new reproductive technologies.

Keywords:

infertility, IVF, motherhood, ethics, eugenics, regulation, medical tourism