06.06.2024

Lectures: Huang Yu-Ling, "Gender, Culture, and Reproductive Medicine"

On 10th and 12th June, Visiting Scholar Prof. Huang Yu-Ling will present talks about the sociological analysis of gamete donation regulations and experiences in Taiwan.

Prof. Huang Yu-Ling 黃于玲, a sociologist from the School of Medicine at National Cheng Kung University, will present her research project 'Gender, Culture, and Reproductive Medicine: Comparative Research of Regulatory Logics, Clinical Care, and (Non)Anonymity Donation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies' in the Taiwan Colloquium on Monday, June 10, at 4.15 p.m. (room 1.81, Keplerstraße 2).

On Wednesday, 12 June, Prof. Huang will then give a public lecture titled 'A sociological analysis of gamete donation regulations and experiences in Taiwan' at 12.15 p.m. at the same venue. The talk will analyse how assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are co-shaped with regulations, societal values, and human dignity that make diverse practices in different societies. Taiwan has one of the most rigorous regulations of third-party donation in the world, yet we know little about the donors’ knowledge and attitudes toward their donation laws, clinical practices, and the rights of donor-conceived children. And so, the ethical challenges of egg-donations are also to be discussed.