Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on reproductive health rights and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Each chapter is connected to the other by focusing on different aspects of ART as a means of achieving conception.
Topics such as regulation of ART practices, surrogacy and specific aspects of ART, which are gradually becoming acceptable but largely unregulated in Africa, promises to be of interest to scholars, researchers and fertility practitioners. Research in the book take a rights based approach and ethical analysis of ART practice in sub-Saharan Africa by authors from diverse backgrounds bringing together law and society perspectives.
Readers stand to gain new knowledge on the societal, legal, medical and psychological requirements, effects and challenges of reproductive health rights and ART in the African context. The book is also relevant to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, given that it promotes and advocates for access to reproductive healthcare for persons who have difficulty or are unable to conceive without medical assistance.
Table of Contents- Introduction to Reproductive Health Rights, Reproductive Tourism and Reproductive Technologies in Africa- Oncofertility care as a reproductive health right in developing countries- Investigating the Awareness and Perception of Reproductive Rights among Women of Child Bearing age in Adamawa, Nigeria- Gender relations and reproductive rights in emergencies: Are these indulgences or rights in North East Nigeria?- A Human Rights-Based Perspective to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of African Senior Citizens- Persons with Disabilities’ Knowledge, Accessibility and Barriers to Reproductive Health Facilities in Nigeria- Reproductive Health Rights of Persons with Disability in Nigeria: A legal or cultural deficiency- Religious and Cultural Barriers to Sexual Reproductive Health Rights of Young People in South Africa and Nigeria- Yoruba Culture, Rights and Morality as Panacea for Infertility Problematic- Women’s Right to Reproductive Autonomy: An Examination of Abortion Regulatory Laws in Nigeria- Pluralism of Reproductive Health Norms in West Africa: The Covid-19 Experience and a Path for the Future- Addressing the 3M’s - Morbidity, Mortality and Mental Health of Women in Africa- Reproductive Health Rights, Tourism and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Africa- Reproductive Health Rights and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Services in Nigeria- Assisted Reproductive Technology Practice and Regulation in South Africa- Informed Consent and Ethical Considerations in Assisted Reproductive Technology in Nigeria: Options and Challenges- Contract for Gestational Services: Examining the Legal Status and Enforceability of Surrogacy Arrangements in Nigeria- The ethics, legal and social concerns of surrogacy in Nigeria and Ghana- The Role of Data Collection in Developing Adequate Legal Mechanisms for the Practice of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa- The Ethical Implication of Cytoplasmic Transfer (Three-Parent Baby) in the UK and Nigeria
