The senses about fetuses and embryos: Images, discourses and technology in the ARTs user’s experiences in Argentina

Abstract

The present work analyzes the construction-meaning process in ART users about embryos and fetuses in a situated way. From a qualitative method and a biographical approach, it explores the ways that ART users construct and subject ART embryos at different times: during gestation, in the face of pregnancy loss, as well as in front of visualization and cryopreservation technologies, accounting for different interpretations and resignifications. Located in the Province of Córdoba, these experiences allow us to account for the local meanings of reproductive issues and to understand the controversies faced by users of a biomedical field that is not very regulated in Argentina.