PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hysterectomy, Infertility, Natalism
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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 ourselves (413) Part 2: many fatal illnesses, finite medical resources, infertility less serious. Response: tubal surgery covered by insurance. Tubes being used to overcome infertility in women and is. Thesis: ivf partial solution, doesn"t address social causes of fi: feminist criticisms: micro-level. Ivf beneficial: ignorance about side effects, mortality of mother, child, psychological, physical, economic, interpersonal burdens on mother. Right to reproductive autonomy: women free to risk, p justified only if risk too great for rational consent. Exposure to toxic substances at home/work: 3. Complications from genital mutilation: these causes are important to consider when preventing fi from occurring, solutions:
