(Not) wanting to choose: outside agencies at work in assisted reproductive technology

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Reprotech in France and the United States: Differences and similarities – an introduction

“…Ilana Löwy analyses the distinct national standards of risk, norms and regulations revealed in scrutiny of prenatal genetic diagnosis: medical descriptions of technological benefits elide the heterogeneous lived experiences of those who access them ( Löwy, 2020 ). Anne-Sophie Giraud shows how decisions surrounding every stage of IVF are situated in national contexts ( Giraud, 2020 ). Finally, Noémie Merleau-Ponty offers a glimpse of the near-future of reprotech in analysing mediated ‘shows’ of the makings/ethical deliberations surrounding artificial in-vitro gametogenesis (i.e.…”