Welcomed as liberation and dismissed as exploitation, egg freezing (oocyte
cryopreservation) has rapidly become one of the most widely-discussed and influential new …

The authors analyse how reproduction in the Scandinavian countries has gone global and
intersects with neo-liberal reproductive practices. Of particular interest is how neo-liberal …

More than 8% of babies born in Spain in 2014 were conceived through assisted
reproductive techniques (ARTs); almost four out of every 10 babies born that year after direct …

Today, it often seems as though Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have reached
a stage of normalization, at least in some countries and among certain social groups …

This paper contributes to the recent discussions about new materialism. It has been claimed
that feminists should bring biology and the physiology of bodies into their analyses. Here …

This article explores the idea of agential multiplicity in medical treatment of childlessness.
The analysis illustrates the kinds of agencies that emerge in the use of assisted reproductive …

New medical imaging technologies enable the production of photos of human cells that are
magnified to make them visible to the eye. Such cellular images have gained aesthetic as …

Contemporary medical imaging technologies produce images on the level of human cells.
As a result of such images, egg and sperm cells have become well-known artefacts of …

In this study I explore discourses of contraception and reproduction, which are drawn upon
and reproduced in Swedish official online sources on contraceptive advice, through the …

In the fields of sci-art, bioart and speculative design, contemporary artists are creating
experiential visions of the future based on trends within science. Two artworks with futuristic …