Abstract
This paper deals with rationalization of reproduction as a subject of public discourse and a basis of policy-making in Weimar Germany. Rhetoric and policy-making consisted of a three-pronged attempt to “rationalize” reproduction: firstly by regulating fertility according to the “scientific” principles of eugenics, secondly by the diffusion of modern and scientifically tested contraceptive technology under strict medical supervision, and thirdly by outlawing lay medical practitioners from birth control decisions. In practice there was considerable resistance to these strategies. Older forms of fertility control continued, and lay abortionists remained popular. This seemed to undermine the utopia of medical-scientific progress and rationalized reproduction.
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