VORTRAG: Posthumous Reproduction (PHR) in Israel: The alliance between familism, pronatalism, bereavement, militarism & patriarchy
Vortrag
Posthumous Reproduction (PHR) in Israel: The alliance between familism, pronatalism, bereavement, militarism & patriarchy
Zeit: 30. Mai 2024, 16:00-17:30 Uhr
Ort: Seminarraum EGM (Humboldtallee 36)
Vortragende: Prof. Dr. Yael Hashiloni Dolev (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Veranstalter: Institute of Advanced Studies for Ethics of the Sciences
The talk will discuss an article written a year ago asking what enabled the sociolegal consensus around posthumous reproduction (PHR) in Israel and the establishment of a new Israeli family model, which we called "The Extended Family of Choice." This model was created either when a young man died without a surviving partner, or when the surviving partner did not want to become pregnant using his sperm. In the second scenario, the parents seek to have a grandchild with a woman who did not know their deceased son. Our argument is based on an analysis of the official discourse around PR, including case law published between 1997-2022, the Attorney General's directive, recommendations of a public committee, 5 bills, and parliamentary protocols. The article argues that the Israeli covenant between familism, pronatalism, bereavement, militarism, and patriarchy opened a wide gate to the revolutionary family model and, to a certain extent, has also made this model mandatory in the context of soldier's deaths.
The lecture will then move to examine recent events since the October 7th massacre in Israel and following the war in Gaza, which have made PHR even less restricted in Israel. The new Israeli regulations will be compared with recently passed legislation in Ukraine, allowing for the posthumous use of previously stored gametes by widowed partners of deceased soldiers.
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