Rethinking reproductive “tourism” as reproductive “exile”
Received 7 November 2008; received in revised form 23 December 2008; accepted 2 January 2009. published online 26 February 2009.
Whereas reproductive “tourism” implies leisure travel, reproductive “exile” bespeaks the numerous difficulties and constraints faced by infertile patients who are “forced” to travel globally for assisted reproduction. Given this reality, it is time to rethink the language of “reproductive tourism,” replacing it with more accurate and patient-centered terms.
aDepartment of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
bYale Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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M.C.I. has nothing to disclose. P.P. has nothing to disclose.
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