Infertility: Women Speak Out About Their Experiences of Reproductive Medicine

In this book, edited by a founder member of the Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering, women discuss the problems including the pain and stigma of infertility, drug and hormone injections, the trauma of the test-tube baby method (IVF), damage caused by experimental medicine and surgery and exploitation as surrogate mothers. They suggest alternative strategies for people with infertility problems and assert that we need to resist the false promise of reproductive technologies for the good of women in general. invasive technologies which are seen to violate women's bodies and take a heavy toll on their lives. and Man-Made Women. In 1986 she was awarded the Georgina Sweet Fellowship to research the experiences of women who drop out of test-tube baby programmes in Australia. She is currently researching on new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0044403674
• ISBN13: 9780044403678
• Release Date: January 1763
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.