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Assisted reproduction and Middle East kinship: a regional and religious comparison

Inhorn, MC; Birenbaum-Carmeli, D; Tremayne, S; Gürtin, ZB; (2017) Assisted reproduction and Middle East kinship: a regional and religious comparison. Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online , 4 pp. 41-51. 10.1016/j.rbms.2017.06.003. Green open access

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Abstract

This article compares the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and resultant kinship formations in four Middle Eastern settings: the Sunni Muslim Arab world, the Sunni Muslim but officially 'secular' country of Turkey, Shia Muslim Iran and Jewish Israel. This four-way comparison reveals considerable similarities, as well as stark differences, in matters of Middle Eastern kinship and assisted reproduction. The permissions and restrictions on ART, often determined by religious decrees, may lead to counter-intuitive outcomes, many of which defy prevailing stereotypes about which parts of the Middle East are more 'progressive' or 'conservative'. Local considerations – be they social, cultural, economic, religious or political – have shaped the ways in which ART treatments are offered to, and received by, infertile couples in different parts of the Middle East. Yet, across the region, clerics, in dialogue with clinicians and patients, have paved the way for ART practices that have had significant implications for Middle Eastern kinship and family life.

Type: Article
Title: Assisted reproduction and Middle East kinship: a regional and religious comparison
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbms.2017.06.003
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbms.2017.06.003
Language: English
Additional information: © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: assisted reproductive technologythird-party reproductionkinshipIslamJudaismMiddle East
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055504
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