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Of ice and men: the big chill over women's reproductive rights
... The misuse of these techniques to determine the sex of the child, and when found to be female, usually followed by an abortion, or to pre-select the sex of the child in favour of males, violates the dignity of women as human beings at an ideological level. Also, we can use the term previctimization (Raymond, 1990) to mean that the female foetuses are liable to victimization on the basis of their sex alone even before they are born. The sexist bias is what distinguishes female foeticide from abortion in general, in addition to the fact that women themselves come forward to undergo these tests due to the pressures of patriarchal family structures and values. ...
Synopsis -This paper attempts to throw light on the aspect of struggles around women's bodies in relation to the development and use of new reproductive technologies, particularly with reference to India and the Netherlands. Often these technologies are used within population policies in which women are seen as mere instruments. It is absolutely crucial to draw attention to and support women's struggles to resist control by others and to achieve and maintain their integrity and autonomy over their own bodies.
This chapter begins from abortion but is not about abortion. It examines some aspects of the role of the biological mother with respect to the disposition of fetuses after abortions. Should the biological mother be entitled to determine the disposition of the fetus where that disposition is not in the interests of the fetus itself? In particular, should the mother be entitled to be assured of the fetus’ death, either during or after the abortion? Is it wrong to preserve, against the woman’s wishes, fetuses that do or can survive abortion?
The Association of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo formed in 1977 in Argentina to seek the restitution of more than 400 children kidnapped or born in captivity during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. In their multilevel work, the Grandmothers seek collaboration with experts to clarify the legal and political contexts in which these children were stolen, assess the medical and psychological condition of each individual child and her or his families, and verify the genetic filiation. This article describes work which has brought both international attention to the plight of these and many other children, as well as legal and scientific expertise to the service of the Grandmothers efforts. It reflects important relations between politics and science, forging new understandings of ethical issues around questions of paternity, maternity, and the right to one's "identity." The discussion is situated within an ongoing feminist debate concerning reproductive technologies and parenting in hopes of elucidating some of the difficult questions which confront those working in multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary contexts.
The Association of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo formed in 1977 in Argentina to seek the restitution of more than 400 children kidnapped or born in captivity during the 1976–1983 dictatorship. In their multilevel work, the Grandmothers seek collaboration with experts to clarify the legal and political contexts in which these children were stolen, assess the medical and psychological condition of each individual child and her or his families, and verify the genetic filiation. This article describes work which has brought both international attention to the plight of these and many other children, as well as legal and scientific expertise to the service of the Grandmothers efforts. It reflects important relations between politics and science, forging new understandings of ethical issues around questions of paternity, maternity, and the right to one's “identity.” The discussion is situated within an ongoing feminist debate concerning reproductive technologies and parenting in hopes of elucidating some of the difficult questions which confront those working in multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary contexts.
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