Framing Egg Donation at the State Level

Heidt-Forsythe, Erin

doi:10.1525/california/9780520298187.003.0003

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“…This moves us away from a position of thinking about ‘donation’ as a unitary or homogenous entity, or one whose form depends on individual ‘motivations’ and instead gives rise to an understanding of egg provision as a specific, embedded and heterogenous practice. It also permits attention to be given to the voices of egg providers, who are often omitted—as biocitizens (Happe et al., 2018 )—from debates about the politics and policy surrounding egg donation (Haimes, 2015 ; Heidt‐Forsythe, 2018 ). In the context of differing donation regimes, we can consider how providers’ experiences shift in relation to the new range of options opened up by vitrification, whether individuals are informed about these options and what this tells us about the wider regulatory regime prioritised in each country.…”

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Egg donation in the age of vitrification: A study of egg providers’ perceptions and experiences in the UK, Belgium and Spain

Funes

Weis

Hudson

et al. 2022

Sociology Health & Illness

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IVF treatment involving donated eggs increases yearly.Numerous technical and commercial transformations have reshaped how eggs are retrieved, stored and managed. A key transformation is vitrification; a 'fast freezing' method that allows efficient preservation of eggs, and therefore more flexibility in use, giving rise to new commercial possibilities. There has been limited focus on egg providers' experiences in the context of vitrification and related commercialisation. We report findings from a study in the UK, Spain and Belgium, where we interviewed 75 egg providers. Comparing experiences within different donation 'regimes' allows an exploration of how varying national practices and policies shape information-giving and women's experiences. In the UK, a system of 'informed gift-giving' was described, where egg providers saw their actions as not-for-profit and felt relatively well informed. In Belgium, the system was presented as 'trusted tissue exchange': with less information-giving than in the UK, but clinics were trusted to act responsibly. In Spain, a 'closed-door, market-driven' system was described, whereby egg providers received little information and

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Egg donation in the age of vitrification: A study of egg providers’ perceptions and experiences in the UK, Belgium and Spain

Funes

Weis

Hudson

et al. 2022

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…Egg donation is subject to varying national governance and professional cultures, which shape its practice and regulation (Bühler, 2014; Cattapan, 2016; Heidt-Forsythe, 2018). The process of selecting a donor and the management of information around that donation therefore differs significantly between countries.…”

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Egg Donation Imaginaries: Embodiment, Ethics and Future Family Formation

Hudson

2019

Sociology

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This article considers the sociological utility of the ‘imaginary’ for understanding how a growing number of women who seek to conceive using donated eggs might make sense of their future desires, hopes and ambivalences. By combining the imaginary with insights from authors working on ideas about everyday or ‘ordinary’ ethics it considers how deliberations about egg donation take place and how future motherhood is constructed. Three main aspects of what are referred to as ‘egg donation imaginaries’ are defined: ‘imagining donor egg motherhood’; ‘imagining donor motivations’; and ‘imagining the donor’. The article illustrates how the imaginary is a valuable analytical device because it illuminates how ideas, ambivalences, deliberations and reflections about future family building are deeply social, embodied and reflexive. The imaginary advances sociological theorising of reproduction more generally and helps to bridge existing tensions between individual practices and wider social and policy imaginaries.

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“…Beliefs about abortion are among the culture war's most divisive political issues, with abortion attitudes exemplifying the various ways in which religious traditions influence political opinions (Kellstedt et al 1996; Layman and Green 2006; Wald and Calhoun-Brown 2014). Abortion attitudes constitute a form of morality politics in which values and beliefs influence policy views (Heidt-Forsythe 2018; Schroedel 2000; Silber Mohamed 2018; Tatalovich and Daynes 2011).…”

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Choosing Choice: How Gender and Religiosity Shape Abortion Attitudes among Latinos

Holman

Podrazik

Mohamed

2020

J. Race Ethnicity Politics

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The relationship between religiosity and political attitudes is well established in the United States, particularly around gendered issues like abortion. However, this relationship can be complicated by the highly gendered and racialized nature of social identities. In this paper, we explore how different forms of religiosity (belonging to a denomination, specific religious beliefs, and religious behavior in church and in private) interact with gender to shape Latino abortion preferences. Using two sets of national survey data, we find that Evangelicalism and church attendance are more strongly associated with anti-abortion attitudes among Latino men, while religious beliefs are gender neutral. Our results illustrate the importance of intersectional approaches to studies of social identities and political preferences, as well as the importance of including gender in research on the role of the Evangelical church on immigrant political behavior.

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Framing Egg Donation at the State Level

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Egg donation in the age of vitrification: A study of egg providers’ perceptions and experiences in the UK, Belgium and Spain

Egg donation in the age of vitrification: A study of egg providers’ perceptions and experiences in the UK, Belgium and Spain

Egg Donation Imaginaries: Embodiment, Ethics and Future Family Formation

Choosing Choice: How Gender and Religiosity Shape Abortion Attitudes among Latinos

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