Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: In Vitro Fertilisation, Angela Davis, Surrogacy

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Jen Chisholm

Document Summary

Situating reproductive technology: one of the most signi cant ways science and technology have in uenced women"s lives is in relation to pregnancy and child birth. What is a reproductive technology: technologies that enable pregnancy. Birth control, abortion, sterilization (interfered with the ability to get pregnant ex. having ovaries removed: technologies applied in the context of pregnancy (or child birth) Amniocentesis: test amniotic uid for birth defects, ultrasound: used in 3 different ways, used to offer a better/accurate due date, all the parts are there, cesarean: surgical removal of child through the womb. What is ultrasound: concentrated sound waves are applied to the surface of the women body, they penetrate and re ect differently off of tissue at varying densities, sound waves are registered by a computer which renders an image. History of ultrasound: developed as sonar to detect enemy submarines during wwii, 1950s-ian donald: father of ultrasound technology.