Abstract
Il dibattito etico sulle nuove tecnologie riproduttive (come ad esempio la fecondazione assistita o la maternità surrogata, ma anche iltrapianto dell’utero) – concentrandosi su questioni relative a permissibilitàe giustificazione morale – trascura una problematica importante: le tecnologie riproduttive perpetuano un modello particolaredi legami parentali – quello biologico; e sono per questomotivo tutt’altro che neutrali: promuovono infatti una concezionetradizionale della famiglia.
I offer a feminist perspective on reproductive technologies accordingto which the ethical permissibility of such practices does not answer allnormative questions; there is a further and possibly more fundamental questionthat needs to be addressed about the role that such technologies playwithin our social structures. Here I argue – using the example of IVF-with-ROPA, a recent development that allows lesbian couples to share biological motherhood – that reproductive technologies perpetuate prejudices about thevalue of biological ties and therefore, far from challenging patriarchal oppression,those practices reinforce the discriminatory status quo.
I offer a feminist perspective on reproductive technologies accordingto which the ethical permissibility of such practices does not answer allnormative questions; there is a further and possibly more fundamental questionthat needs to be addressed about the role that such technologies playwithin our social structures. Here I argue – using the example of IVF-with-ROPA, a recent development that allows lesbian couples to share biological motherhood – that reproductive technologies perpetuate prejudices about thevalue of biological ties and therefore, far from challenging patriarchal oppression,those practices reinforce the discriminatory status quo.
| Original language | Italian |
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| Journal | I castelli di Yale |
| Volume | IV |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-77 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISSN | 2282-5460 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |