PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hysterectomy, Fallopian Tube, Natalism
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Week 9 lecture #14 thursday october 29, 2015. Part 1: overpopulation, children lacking care, absurd to use technology to create more children. It"s not ivf"s fault to account for why there isn"t an ideal world: gluttony, food waste, disparity, large families, we cannot determine demand more of infertile couples than we are ready to demand of. Part 2: many fatal illnesses, finite medical resources. Response: tubal surgery covered by insurance, subsidize treating symptom of ivf, tubes being used to overcome infertility in women and is covered by insurance. Response: women prominent on ivf teams. If we think it undermines women"s status as child rearers, what are we saying about the ability of woman to obtain true equality in other spheres of life? . Thesis: ivf partial solution, doesn"t address social causes of fi: feminist criticisms: micro-level. Ignorance about side effects: mortality of mother, child, psychological, physical, economic, interpersonal burdens on mother, ivf and informed consent.
