The Journey of Infertility from Private Sphere to Public Domain

From Cosmetic Surgery to Disability

Bibliographic Data

ID9979367
AuthorsSoraya Tremayne (corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume53
Issue1-2
Pages113-127
Publication date2019-10-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210862.2019.1652574
OpenAlexW2982630947
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This study explores the process by which the treatment of infertility, which has been in the hands of the private sector, has been taken over by the state as a matter of public health. It argues that this shift stems from the pro-natalist policies of the state to help increase the population. Infertility treatment, using assisted reproductive technologies and its legitimization by the Islamic jurists, is used as a lens through which to examine the state's body politic. The frequent reversals of policies, since the late nineteenth century to the present, are shown to be directly linked with the nation-building goals of the state, expecting the citizens to readjust their reproductive behavior to meet the state’s policies

Body politic · Environmental health · Infertility · Islam · Political science · Politics · Population · Private sector · Public sphere · Reproductive technology · State (computer science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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