Surveillance in Medically Assisted Reproductive Care in France

Beyond the laws, different institutions watch over - or veille sur - the access to and practice of medically assisted reproductive care in France. Although a shift in the moral regimes underlying French reproductive governance can be observed, ART practices are monitored through surveillance mechani...

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Autores: Desy, Alexandra|||0000-0003-3414-5606, Marre, Diana|||0000-0003-2852-3762
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:308511
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/308511
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/01459740.2025.2465736
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Cross-border
Reproductive travel
France
Infertility
Medically assisted reproduction
Reproductive exclusion
Surveillance
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Sumario:Beyond the laws, different institutions watch over - or veille sur - the access to and practice of medically assisted reproductive care in France. Although a shift in the moral regimes underlying French reproductive governance can be observed, ART practices are monitored through surveillance mechanisms, the economic and medical nature of which conceals their normalizing function. Woman and couples who do not correspond to these norms are prevented from forming a family through the French ART system. In this article we show how, faced with this reproductive exclusion, French women and couples choose to undertake cross-border reproductive care in an attempt to circumvent surveillance and fulfil their reproductive desire.