The Race Idea in Reproductive Technologies: Beyond Epistemic Scientism and Technological Mastery

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dc.contributor.authorRussell, Camisha
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T00:33:38Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T00:33:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description30 pages.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the limitations of epistemic scientism for understanding the role the concept of race plays in assisted reproductive technology (ART) practices. Two major limitations center around the desire to use scientific knowledge to bring about social improvement. In the first case, undue focus is placed on debunking the scientific reality of racial categories and characteristics. The alternative to this approach is to focus instead on the way the race idea functions in ART practices. Doing so reveals how the race idea (1) helps to define the reproductive “problems” different groups of women are experiencing and to dictate when and how they should be “helped”; (2) helps to resolve tensions about who should be considered the real parents of children produced by ARTs; and (3) is used to limit ART use where that use threatens to denaturalize the very sociopolitical landscape the race idea has created. In the second case, scientific knowledge regarding reproduction is thought to call for technological control over that reproduction. This leads to an overemphasis on personal responsibility and a depoliticization of racialized social inequalities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRussell, C. The Race Idea in Reproductive Technologies: Beyond Epistemic Scientism and Technological Mastery. Bioethical Inquiry 12, 601–612 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9663-3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/27193
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Bioethical Inquiryen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectassisted reproductive technologyen_US
dc.subjectepistemic scientismen_US
dc.subjecttechnologyen_US
dc.titleThe Race Idea in Reproductive Technologies: Beyond Epistemic Scientism and Technological Masteryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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