Ahmadi Aliyar, Bamdad Sara
a Department of Sociology and Social Planning , Shiraz University , Shiraz , Iran.
b Department of Sociology , University of Warwick , Coventry , UK.
Hum Fertil (Camb). 2017 Sep;20(3):204-211. doi: 10.1080/14647273.2017.1285057. Epub 2017 Feb 7.
Since the late 1990s, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have been legitimized in Iran through an official religious endorsement. Iran, under the dominant authority of the Shia sect, is now the most enthusiastic adopter of ARTs in the Muslim world, permitting all forms of treatments, including third party donation. This study examined the public perception of assisted conception and its influence on the adoption of these methods in Iran. The study was questionnaire-based and conducted in 2012 in Shiraz, the most populated city in the south of Iran. It included 405 Iranian residents selected through the cluster sampling method. The results indicated that respondents did not support all types of assisted reproduction. Amongst modern infertility treatment methods, IVF (using husband's sperm and wife's egg) was the most widely accepted. Gestational surrogacy and the use of donated gametes were less accepted. Demographic variables including gender, marital status, age, education and employment status were linked to significant differences in public opinion. It was concluded that members of the public require better information about gamete donation and surrogacy, as this could shape infertile couples' decision-making.
自20世纪90年代末以来，辅助生殖技术（ARTs）在伊朗通过官方宗教认可而合法化。在什叶派占主导地位的权威下，伊朗现在是穆斯林世界中对辅助生殖技术最积极的采用者，允许所有形式的治疗，包括第三方捐赠。本研究调查了伊朗公众对辅助受孕的看法及其对这些方法采用情况的影响。该研究以问卷调查为基础，于2012年在伊朗南部人口最多的城市设拉子进行。它包括通过整群抽样方法选出的405名伊朗居民。结果表明，受访者并不支持所有类型的辅助生殖。在现代不孕症治疗方法中，体外受精（使用丈夫的精子和妻子的卵子）是最被广泛接受的。代孕和使用捐赠配子则较不被接受。包括性别、婚姻状况、年龄、教育程度和就业状况在内的人口统计学变量与公众舆论的显著差异有关。研究得出结论，公众需要更好地了解配子捐赠和代孕，因为这可能会影响不孕夫妇的决策。
