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Cutas D, Smajdor A. Postmenopausal Motherhood Reloaded: Advanced Age and In Vitro Derived Gametes. Hypatia. 2015;30(2):386-402doi: 10.1111/hypa.12151.
Cutas, D., & Smajdor, A. (2015). Postmenopausal Motherhood Reloaded: Advanced Age and In Vitro Derived Gametes. Hypatia, 30(2), 386-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12151
Cutas, Daniela, and Smajdor, Anna. "Postmenopausal Motherhood Reloaded: Advanced Age and In Vitro Derived Gametes." Hypatia vol. 30,2 (2015): 386-402. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12151
Cutas D, Smajdor A. Postmenopausal Motherhood Reloaded: Advanced Age and In Vitro Derived Gametes. Hypatia. 2015 May;30(2):386-402. doi: 10.1111/hypa.12151. Epub 2015 Mar 07. PMID: 26074667; PMCID: PMC4461075.
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Hypatia. 2015 May;30(2):386-402. doi: 10.1111/hypa.12151. Epub 2015 Mar 07.

Postmenopausal Motherhood Reloaded: Advanced Age and In Vitro Derived Gametes.

Hypatia

Daniela Cutas, Anna Smajdor

PMID: 26074667 PMCID: PMC4461075 DOI: 10.1111/hypa.12151

Abstract

In this paper we look at the implications of an emerging technology for the case in favor of, or against, postmenopausal motherhood. Technologies such as in vitro derived gametes (sperm and eggs derived from nonreproductive cells) have the potential to influence the ways in which reproductive medicine is practiced, and are already bringing new dimensions to debates in this area. We explain what in vitro derived gametes are and how their development may impact on the case of postmenopausal motherhood. We briefly review some of the concerns that postmenopausal motherhood has raised-and the implications that the successful development, and use in reproduction, of artificial gametes might have for such concerns. The concerns addressed include arguments from nature, risks and efficacy, reduced energy of the mother, and maternal life expectancy. We also consider whether the use of in vitro derived gametes to facilitate postmenopausal motherhood would contribute to reinforcing a narrow, geneticized account of reproduction and a pro-reproductive culture that encourages women to produce genetically related offspring at all costs.

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