IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Global Experience

第一个通过体外受精(IVF)受孕的婴儿出生40周年将于2018年举行。该项目旨在制作试管受精的历史和与之相关的一系列辅助生殖技术。这些新的受孕、孕育和育儿形式改变了人们对家庭的理解，并导致了监管和政策反应以及公众辩论，这只能在全球框架下理解。一系列跨国案例研究将特别侧重于亚太地区，旨在探讨当前消费者、医疗和监管环境的发展，并为处理当地和国际上的政策审议提供一个了解历史情况的基础。

The 40th anniversary of the birth of the first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) will occur in 2018. This project aims to produce a history of IVF and the range of assisted reproductive technologies with which it is associated. These new forms of conception, gestation and parenting have transformed understandings of the family and have led to regulatory and policy responses and public debate, which can only be understood in a global frame. A series of transnational case studies, with a special focus on the Asia-Pacific region, will be designed to explore the development of the present consumer, medical and regulatory environments and provide a historically informed basis for dealing with policy deliberations locally and internationally.