IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Global Experience

2018年将迎来第一个通过体外受精（IVF）受孕的婴儿诞生40周年。该项目旨在产生IVF的历史以及与之相关的辅助生殖技术的范围。这些新的受孕、怀孕和养育方式改变了对家庭的理解，并导致了监管和政策反应以及公众辩论，而这些只有在全球框架内才能理解。将设计一系列跨国个案研究，特别侧重于亚太区域，以探讨目前消费者、医疗和管理环境的发展情况，并为处理地方和国际政策审议工作提供历史依据。

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.