Abstract
AbstractEmerging reproductive technologies raise bioethical dilemmas for feminist theory and practice. While they have opened doors to alternative family formation, they have also perpetuated new forms of stratified reproduction. This article explores this dilemma through a study of the sperm banking and egg donation industries in the United States, arguing that free market reproductive choice has produced a form of gendered eugenics, which perpetuates beliefs in the genetic foundation of interwoven gender, race, and class hierarchies. In the United States, in vitro fertilization centers aggressively recruit donors with lures of cash and gifts, like iPods and movie tickets. Their marketing practices collapse genetic and nongenetic traits into a package that can be purchased by reproductive consumers. Online data banks hock sperm and eggs with information about donor race, ethnicity, skin tone, hair texture, grade point average, religion, and nationality. This article compares the social and physical trait...
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