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Conceiving of Products and the Products of Conception: Reflections on Commodification, Consumption, ART, and Abortion
1Professor of Law and Louis F. Niezer Faculty Fellow at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington.
Abstract:
Assisted reproductive technologies and abortion prompt serious questions about how we should understand the complex relationship between money, markets, choice, and the care relationship. This essay defines "patient" and "consumer," and then describes how they are less important than their attributes. Then it describes theories of commodification and consumption in reproductive contexts and their consequences, from compliance and coercion to resistance and creativity. It also examines whether ART and abortion are "markets." Finally, this essay explores how the attributes which comprise the patient/consumer roles can be incorporated into health care reform, and the implications of health care reform models on ART and abortion.
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