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The public sector's role in infertility management in India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This objective of this paper is to explore the public sector's role in infertility management in India. It focuses on services available in the public sector, problems faced by and critiques of public sector providers.
Cleland, John, Widge, Anjali
core   +1 more source

“The Way They Speak of Masters and Johnson”: The Rise and Disappearance of Sex Therapy, 1960–2000

open access: yesJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 62, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT A keyword search of “sex therapy” in the New York Times shows a rapid rise for articles covering the discipline in the 1970s, an equally rapid reduction in the 1980s, and further decline in the 1990s and into the 2000s. This surprising inflection, given that sex as a marketable construction did not decline in the late 20th century, opens room ...
Hannie Smolyanitsky
wiley   +1 more source

An ethical comparison of living kidney donation and surrogacy: understanding the relational dimension

open access: yesPhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2019
Background The bioethical debates concerning living donation and surrogacy revolve around similar ethical questions and moral concepts. Nevertheless, the ethical discourses in both fields grew largely isolated from each other.
Katharina Beier, Sabine Wöhlke
doaj   +1 more source

"This is a Business Transaction, fundamentally": Surrogate Motherhood in Meera Syal's The House of Hidden Mothers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Meera Syal’s latest novel, The House of Hidden Mothers (2015), depicts the current practice of international surrogacy and raises questions about this form of reproduction which commodifies babies and constructs poor women’s bodies in India and elsewhere
Pérez Fernández, Irene
core  

Sexual healing: The case for a medical exception to the ban on prostitution

open access: yesFamily Court Review, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 112-123, January 2026.
Abstract Sexual dysfunction in young people is on the rise. This trend has dramatic implications for key state interests, including fertility rates, economic growth, and overall well‐being. The serious consequences associated with poor sexual health in childbearing‐age citizens call for creative solutions. One such solution is Surrogate Partner Therapy
Mariah Webb
wiley   +1 more source

Legitimation of Commercial Surrogacy in Russia

open access: yesJournal of Economic Sociology, 2016
In modern life commodification has become a widespread phenomenon. A prime example of unique object commodification is commercial motherhood surrogacy motherhood, within which maternity turns from “the women’s social mission” into a service where human life is a final product of monetary transaction.
Anastasiya Dushina   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

‘We are celebrated but not included’: heteronormativity and cisnormativity in Aotearoa New Zealand workplaces

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 20, Issue 4, Page 800-818, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Using survey comments from organisations across various sectors in Aotearoa New Zealand, this qualitative study examines the workplace climate for Rainbow employees. It employs the theoretical frameworks of heteronormativity and cisnormativity to challenge established gender and sexual norms within organisations.
Le Cui
wiley   +1 more source

EXAMINING LEGAL REGULATIONS OF THE SURROGACY INSTITUTION: A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK AND ONGOING CHALLENGES [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of International Legal Communication
This article examines the legal and ethical complexities of surrogacy, highlighting the need for consistent legal frameworks to protect the rights of all parties involved.
Parvina Fazail Ismayilova
doaj   +1 more source

HLA‐G, IL‐6 and TGF‐β in Seminal Plasma as Potential Biomarkers of ART Outcome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Volume 94, Issue 6, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background The relationship between the immune system and embryo implantation is intricate and not yet fully understood. Although a genetically normal (euploid) embryo is essential, successful implantation also relies on carefully regulated immune responses that promote tolerance and prevent rejection.
Andreas Schallmoser   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Commercial Surrogacy and International Adoption: Parallels and Differences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Over the decades, there have been numerous trends in the formation of family for those experiencing infertility. Adoption – initially domestic but now mostly international – has long been a prevailing method, with a dual outcome of also finding homes for
Misca, Gabriela   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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