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A study of contraception, containing contributions by experts in contraception, family planning and reproductive health. They examine the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about what forms of contraception to use.Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly attention.This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception, by collecting together in one volume leading experts in the fields of contraception, family planning and reproductive health. Contributors look at the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about whether and what forms of contraception to use. User perspectives (whether those of recipients or providers of contraceptive services) are taken seriously, as are the perspectives of policy-makers and development experts.With its in-depth, case-study approach, this challenging book will appeal to practitioners and planners in the fields of family planning and reproductive health, as well as to students and academics of applied and medical anthropology, health studies, gender and development studies, or anyone interested in the social, cultural and ethical issues raised by contraceptive technologies.

Contraception --- anticonceptie (voorbehoedsmiddelen, contraceptie, geboortecontrole) --- Conception --- Birth control --- Reproductive rights --- Cross-cultural studies. --- Social aspects. --- contraception (contrôle des naissances) --- Prevention --- Cross-cultural studies --- Social aspects

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The result of a WHO research project, this work examines abortion in the developing world and what happens when it occurs. The editors advocate the legalization of abortion as a first step, but show that true reproductive freedom depends on women's empowerment and quality health care. Of the 20 million unsafe abortions performed each year, 90 per cent occur in the developing world. Even in countries, such as China, where abortion is fully accessible in practice as well as theory, our understanding of the phenomenon is only partial. Using the results of a World Health Organization research project, this book provides information on abortion, why it happens and what happens when it does. There are sections detailing women's perspectives and also chronicling the provider's views and the effect they have on medical provision. Several contributions discuss the relationship between contraception and abortion, while a section on the rising abortion rate among adolescents addresses a newly emerging concern for the programme managers around the world. While the editors put the case for the legalization of abortion as a first step, they show that true reproductive freedom depends on women's empowerment and an acceptable quality of health care.

abortus (vrijwillige zwangerschapsafbreking) --- anticonceptie (voorbehoedsmiddelen, contraceptie, geboortecontrole) --- ontwikkelingsland (derdewereld) --- avortement (interruption volontaire de grossesse, IVG) --- contraception (contrôle des naissances) --- pays en développement (tiersmonde) --- Age group sociology --- Ethics of family. Ethics of sexuality --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics --- Sexology --- Sociology of the developing countries --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Developing countries --- Gezinsethiek. Seksuele ethiek --- Sociologie van de ontwikkelingslanden --- Sociologie van de leeftijdsgroepen --- Seksuologie --- Hygiëne. Gezondheidszorg. Bescherming --- Gynaecologie. Obstetrica --- Ontwikkelingslanden --- Contraception --- Healthcare --- Youth --- Attitudes --- Sexuality --- Book --- Abortion

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"Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law" addresses some of the most pressing moral and legal quandaries in contemporary society - those revolving around human reproduction. Technology can both limit and assist childbearing. Courts have assigned legal parenthood to genetic parents of children carried to term by women genetically unrelated to them, and courts have also passed over genetic progenitors to assign parenthood to individuals socially related to children. With developments in medical and surgical interventions for foetus', we have also seen court cases holding women responsible for causing prenatal harm, as well as a landmark Supreme Court decision that might well release industry from liability for causing prenatal harm in the workplace. Scientists are able to use tissue from aborted fetuses to substantially alter the quality of life for persons afflicted with progressive, debilitating disease, and they are now able to fertilize and implant in women's wombs eggs harvested from aborted female fetuses. Physicians are able to sustain infants with no hope for characteristically human lives long enough to make their organs available to other infants in vital need; and they are able to perform prenatal diagnoses that encourage elective abortion. This collection of essays adds to the feminist dimension of the public discussion of how these issues should be addressed. The contributors broaden the discussion considerably in focusing on issues beyond abortion and reproductive technologies, bringing together such themes as surrogacy, adoption, and infertility; frozen embryos and fathers rights; RU 486; foetal harm; and industrial health hazards for women. This volume brings together feminist social and philosophical theory with a practical awareness of concrete social problems and an understanding of new technologies. The contributors are Barbara J. Berg, Joan E. Bertin, Joan C. Callahan, Janet Gallagher, Helen B. Holmes, Joan Mahoney, Mary B. Mahowald, Uma Narayan, Christine Overall, Laura Purdy, Mary L. Shanley, Janice G. Raymond, Patricia Smith, and Rosemarie Tong.

Feminism--Philosophy --- Feminist sociology --- Feminist theory --- Feministische theorie --- Theory of feminism --- Théorie féministe --- Feminist theory. --- Human reproductive technology --- Government policy. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects. --- reproductieve technologie --- feminisme (feministische visie) --- ouderschap --- abortus (vrijwillige zwangerschapsafbreking) --- anticonceptie (voorbehoedsmiddelen, contraceptie, geboortecontrole) --- embryo-onderzoek (embryo's in vitro) --- sekseselectie (geslachtsselectie) --- technique de reproduction --- féminisme --- parentalité --- avortement (interruption volontaire de grossesse, IVG) --- contraception (contrôle des naissances) --- recherche sur l'embryon (embryons in vitro) --- sélection de sexe (choix du sexe) --- Humanism --- Parents --- Therapeutics --- Genetic Engineering --- Persons --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Embryonic Structures --- Ethics, Clinical --- Patient Rights --- Diseases --- Prenatal Injuries --- Germ Cells --- Sexual Behavior --- Estrenes --- Health Behavior --- Family Relations --- Investigative Techniques --- Economics --- Genital Diseases, Male --- Genital Diseases, Female --- Sociology --- Tissue Preservation --- Preservation, Biological --- Tissue Transplantation --- Patient Acceptance of Health Care --- Environmental Pollutants --- Maternal Behavior --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Delivery, Obstetric --- Psychology, Social --- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena --- Women --- Mental Disorders --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Reproductive Physiological Processes --- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted --- Social Problems --- Insemination --- Social Sciences --- Obstetric Surgical Procedures --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Family --- Behavior --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Named Groups --- Histocytological Preparation Techniques --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Ethics, Professional --- Pregnancy Complications --- Surgical Procedures, Operative --- Health Care --- Transplantation --- Anatomy --- Toxic Actions --- Ethics --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Male Urogenital Diseases --- Genitalia --- Genetic Techniques --- Attitude to Health --- Female Urogenital Diseases --- Population Characteristics --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Nuclear Family --- Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena --- Specimen Handling --- Cells --- Estranes --- Philosophy --- Phenomena and Processes --- Steroids --- Laboratory Techniques and Procedures --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Delivery of Health Care --- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications --- Urogenital System --- Humanities --- Histological Techniques --- Cytological Techniques --- Polycyclic Compounds --- Diagnosis --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Clinical Laboratory Techniques --- Cryopreservation --- Infertility --- Insemination, Artificial --- Spermatozoa --- Tissue Donors --- Fathers --- Poverty --- Sex Preselection --- Civil Rights --- Homosexuality --- Human Rights --- Social Control, Formal --- Oocyte Donation --- Treatment Refusal --- Ethics, Medical --- Feminism --- Government Regulation --- Prejudice --- Sexuality --- Abortion, Eugenic --- Fees and Charges --- Mifepristone --- Industry --- Reproductive Techniques --- Cesarean Section --- Fetal Tissue Transplantation --- Disabled Persons --- Maternal-Fetal Relations --- Parent-Child Relations --- Reproduction --- Jurisprudence --- Internationality --- Pharmaceutical Preparations --- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects --- Embryo, Mammalian --- Pregnancy --- Surrogate Mothers --- Substance-Related Disorders --- Pregnant Women --- Women's Rights --- Abortion, Induced --- Adoption --- Fetus --- International Cooperation --- Hazardous Substances --- Contraception --- Minority Groups --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Gynecology & Obstetrics --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Social aspects --- Government policy --- Human reproductive technology - Government policy. --- Assisted human reproduction --- Assisted conception --- Conception --- Human assisted reproduction --- Human reproduction --- Medical technology --- Reproductive technology --- Feminist philosophy --- Technological innovations --- Assisted human reproductive technology --- Human assisted reproductive technology