2008
The “Iranian ART Revolution”Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Third-Party Donation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Abbasi-Shavazi M, Inhorn M, Razeghi-Nasrabad H, Toloo G. The “Iranian ART Revolution”Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Third-Party Donation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Journal Of Middle East Women's Studies 2008, 4: 1-28. DOI: 10.2979/mew.2008.4.2.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamete donationOnly Muslim countrySunni Islamic worldThird-party donationReproductive technologiesReligious authorityDonor technologiesIslamic worldMuslim countriesMoral consequencesIranian artIranian societyCivil lawIslamic RepublicDonor gametesAssisted Reproductive TechnologyExperience of infertilityPatriarchal relationsAssisted reproductionResponsibilityWomen's livesSocial pressureRevolutionLawAuthoritiesCompatible Contradictions: Religion and the Naturalization of Assisted Reproduction
Traina C, Georges E, Inhorn M, Kahn S, Ryan M. Compatible Contradictions: Religion and the Naturalization of Assisted Reproduction. Philosophy And Medicine 2008, 98: 15-85. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6923-9_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReligious peoplePlace of marriageUnderstanding of authorityParticular cultural settingThird-party involvementSingle motherhoodGender rolesFirst world countriesSocial problemsReligious leadersRecent debatesChildless marriagesPeople's responsesLarger questionsHeterosexual couplesMarried womenCultural settingsGamete donationReligious universeUnused embryosNormative statusPopular autobiographyEvaluation of artClose attentionMarriage
2006
Making muslim babies: Ivf and gamete donation in sunni versus shi’a islam
Inhorn M. Making muslim babies: Ivf and gamete donation in sunni versus shi’a islam. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2006, 30: 427-450. PMID: 17051430, PMCID: PMC1705533, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9027-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal moral worldsThird-party donationGamete donationMoral worldPractice of IVFReligious discourseShi’a IslamMuslim marriagesMuslim worldAl-Azhar UniversityCountry of LebanonMedical anthropological researchHuman lifeAnthropological researchDifficult decisionsMuslimsFatwaSunniGender implicationsEthnographic researchFertilization clinicsWorldProfound implicationsDonationLate 1990s“He Won't Be My Son”
Inhorn M. “He Won't Be My Son”. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2006, 20: 94-120. PMID: 16612995, DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.1.94.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuslim menGamete donationSunni Muslim worldMuslim worldReligious dictatesReligious mandateReligious sectsMuslim populationFatherhood desiresArticle IBasis of fieldworkComplicated intersectionsMiddle Eastern countriesMarriageWorldDonationEastern countriesReligionSonSectAftermathScienceDictatesLebanonDesireIslam, IVF and Everyday Life in the Middle East: The Making of Sunni versus Shi'ite Test-Tube Babies
Inhorn M. Islam, IVF and Everyday Life in the Middle East: The Making of Sunni versus Shi'ite Test-Tube Babies. Anthropology Of The Middle East 2006, 1 DOI: 10.3167/ame.2006.010104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMiddle EastEveryday lifeContemporary Middle EastMuslim Middle EastGender transformationFamily formationIdeological differencesIslamic normsMuslim worldReligious authorityGamete donationTest-tube babySunniIslamProfound implicationsSuch divergenceEastMarriageAuthoritiesFatwaReproductive technologiesLifeNormsMakingSecurity