SOC303H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parental Leave, Commodification, Embryo Transfer
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Soc303 lecture 7: fertility decisions: child free families, infertility, access to assisted reproductive technologies and commercial surrogacy. Contermporary appeals to increase fertility: appeals to women ( and men) to have more children, coincide with efforts to selectively restrict immigration, rise of nationalist- populist parties, esp in europe. Ex: speaker of the us: paul ryan- appeals for higher fertility: due to the aging baby boomer population- urging american women to have more children. First born live births, by age groups of mother canada ( 1992, 2002, 2012: after age 40, there is a low percentage of women moving into motherhood. It"s challenging to disentangle the deliberate choice, circumstance and the involuntary childlessness whether it"s a choice or due to circumstance of being childless of having children. Assisted reproductive technologies: people using assisted reproductive tech by being used by older women- this is portrayed by the media.
