title: What can progress in reproductive technology mean for women?
abstract: This article critically evaluates the central claims of the various feminist responses to new reproductive arrangements and technologies. Proponents of a "progressivism" object to naive technological optimism and raise questions about the control of such technology. Others, such as the FINRRAGE group, raise concerns about the potentially damaging consequences of the new technologies for women. While a central concern is whether these technologies reinforce harmful biologically determinist stereotypes of women, it may be that these critiques function with a devastating gender blindness that puts women at risk in other, heretofore unnoticed, ways.
authors.affiliation: Wells College, Aurora, New York, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Purdy
mesh_terms: D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn; D033142:Genetic Services; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment