Techno-Maternity: Rethinking the Possibilities of Reproductive Technologies

Abstract

In this article, corporeal feminism is utilised as a tool to uncover the maternal bodies produced when reproductive technology meets pregnant flesh. Moving from the premise that bodies are not inert or stable entities but rather are constantly being produced and reproduced through their interaction with their environment, I highlight three of the many bodies that arise in techno-maternity. The body ââ¬Ëat riskââ¬â¢, the ââ¬Ëin/visibleââ¬â¢ body and the ââ¬Ëcommodified bodyââ¬â¢ are all discussed in order to reread both the possibilities and the problematics of reproduction in a technological age, and to complicate the staid feminist narrative of reproductive technology as either ââ¬Ëliberatingââ¬â¢ or ââ¬Ëoppressiveââ¬â¢.