May 2010
24 posts
Reproductive Technologies and the Violation of Women's Bodies →
cwds.ac.in
It is not surprising that developed
countries practice pro-natalist policies domestically and anti-natalist policies in
the developing countries. Women from the North are expected to procreate and
develop ‘pro-natal behavior’ whereas women from the South are the targets of an
international war against the population problem. Therefore, pro-natalist
technologies (like IVF) are developed for the white middle-class women of the
North to achieve ‘motherhood’, and anti-natalist technologies (injectables,
implants, and vaccines) are developed to control the fertility of poorer women
from the South.
