{"id":1116,"date":"2016-11-03T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2016-11-03T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:57:36","slug":"reproductive-technologies-and-social-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2016\/11\/03\/reproductive-technologies-and-social-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Reproductive Technologies and Social Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scientific and technological innovations have given humans a number of new methods to\u00a0manage fertility and create families. One of the more recent\u00a0advances in this area is the controversial birth of <\/span>a child with genetic material from three parents<\/span><\/a>, rather than two.\u00a0Social scientists find that while these new technologies have helped countless individuals grow their families, their use and availability often reproduce class and gender\u00a0inequalities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Families have\u00a0always come in forms other than that of the\u00a0Cleaver\u2019s. Many parents have children from more than one partner. Other families have same-sex parents, single parents, or are childless, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Invitrofertilization (IVF) and surrogacy are options for some women who have trouble conceiving, but the procedures are very expensive and not as easily available for people across socioeconomic lines.\u00a0As a result, research finds that the framing of infertility as an individual issue rather than one related to structural constraints places stigma on childless women.<\/span><\/h5>\n