\[ **BT: [[human beings#conception (fertilisation)|conception]]** ] --- # assisted reproductive technologies (ART) [[Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are technologies designed to help those struggling with conception to achieve pregnancy. Some organizations limit their definition of ART to only egg or embryo-related procedures.]][^1] ## ART in China [[Following a 2001 Chinese government order, IUI and IVF were only available to infertile married couples; surrogacy, and the trading of human sperm, eggs and embryos, were prohibited.]][^2] [[China’s ART regulations reinforce the hetero-reproductive family model to the exclusion of single and non-heterosexual people.]][^3] ### private Chinese ART providers [[Although there are two types of private ART companies in China, neither is actually licenced to provide medical treatment.]][^4] --- ## ↬ external resources - [Why it’s getting easier to be a single mum in China (BBC)](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66064589) - [From offline to online: understanding Chinese single mothers’ uncertainty management in interpersonal and online contexts (Frontiers in Psychology)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9120956/) ## endnotes [^1]: Meaghan Jain, Elisa Fang, and Manvinder Singh, ‘[[Jain et al., ‘Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Techniques’, 2023|Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Techniques]]’, *National Library of Medicine*, updated 7 June 2023, n.p., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK576409/. [^2]: Han Tao, ‘[[Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope’, 2022|A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, *Culture, Health & Sexuality*, vol. 25, no. 4 (2022), p. 415, https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2049879. [^3]: Tao, ‘[[Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope’, 2022|A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, p. 415. [^4]: Tao, ‘[[Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope’, 2022|A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, p. 415.