Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Titel der Quelle:
European Journal of Women's Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
14 (2007) 4 ; 327-340, Online-Ressource
DDC:
306.461
Abstract:
Abstract: The article analyses the debate on egg donation in Norway using source material from the parliamentary debate of amendments to the Biotechnology Law. In both policy documents on bioethics and the Biotechnology Law, gender is not a spoken issue, but bringing egg and sperm directly to the fore highlights how gender is implicated in bioethics debates. Gender perceptions affect the understanding of `what egg and sperm may do' at the same time as the debate sets established perceptions of gender in motion. In Norway, gender equality is a valid and important premise within the general political debate. It is, however, contested as a valid argument in the context of egg donation, which therefore becomes a field of negotiations about the limits of equal opportunities. The article analyses the egg donation debate as a process of cultural co-production and asks how the Norwegian emphasis on gender equality influences the debate on egg donation and, vice versa, how debates of assisted reprodu
Note:
Postprint
,
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
DOI:
10.1177/1350506807081879
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-225487
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-225487
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807081879
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