Reproductive Technology

In In Search of Parenthood, Lasker and Borg seek to give those considering using new reproductive technologies clearer picture of what they are likely to face. They do this more effectively than most books for the infertile because they do consider some of the risks and negative experiences involved. They raise the issue of why people go through these physically and emotionally painful experiences to have children, pointing out the strong socialization pressures, particularly on women. The authors explore the grief and strong emotions involved, and question why infertility so painful, particularly when it is not life-threatening. They find, as have others, that it indicates a lack of control in a person's life, particularly among middle-class heterosexual couples. Technologies such as artificial insemination (AID), in vitro fertilization (IVF), surrogate motherhood and ovum transfer are seen, misleadingly, as a way of regaining control

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