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The reproductive journeys of French women over 40 seeking assisted reproductive technology treatments in Spain

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  • Desy, Alexandra
  • Marre, Diana

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Fertility decline is a complex phenomenon resulting from converging social and cultural changes that are governed through politics. As it has been discussed in many studies, the European's low fertility rate goes hand in hand with the trend of maternity postponement. Although in many European countries over the last decades reproduction is envisaged as an individual choice that can be made at older ages, having a child after a certain age can be impossible -either “naturally” or using assisted reproductive technology-depending on the medical and legislative possibilities and limits of the country in which people live. In the extremely diverse European reproscape, reproductive legislations have forced but also allowed many people to seek reproductive treatments outside their home countries.

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  • Desy, Alexandra & Marre, Diana, 2024. "The reproductive journeys of French women over 40 seeking assisted reproductive technology treatments in Spain," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 351(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:351:y:2024:i:c:s0277953624003952
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116951
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