van de Wiel Lucy
Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
New Genet Soc. 2020 Jul 2;39(3):306-326. doi: 10.1080/14636778.2019.1709430. Epub 2020 Mar 18.
Although IVF and egg freezing have received much scholarly attention, the pivotal role of financialization in the fertility (preservation) sector remains understudied. This article discusses how processes of financialization have instigated a step-change in the organization of contemporary US IVF and why egg freezing is at the heart of a wider consolidating trend in the sector. The financialization of fertility, in this context, references the financial investments in a future in which ever more women freeze their eggs, the role of capital markets in establishing new clinical and commercial infrastructures through which egg freezing becomes accessible and the role of financial products in shaping both the stories and the streamlining of fertility treatments. Together, these developments signal a shift from reproduction to fertility in IVF, in which treatment is not aimed at having a child at present, but rather at the proactive management of a more speculative fertility throughout the life course.
尽管体外受精（IVF）和卵子冷冻受到了学术界的广泛关注，但金融化在生育（保存）领域的关键作用仍未得到充分研究。本文探讨了金融化进程如何促使当代美国体外受精组织发生了重大变革，以及卵子冷冻为何处于该领域更广泛的整合趋势的核心。在这种背景下，生育金融化指的是对一个未来的金融投资，在这个未来中，越来越多的女性会冷冻自己的卵子；资本市场在建立新的临床和商业基础设施方面所起的作用，通过这些基础设施，卵子冷冻变得可行；以及金融产品在塑造生育治疗的故事和简化过程方面所起的作用。这些发展共同表明，体外受精正从生殖转向生育，在生育过程中，治疗的目的不是当下生育孩子，而是在整个生命历程中对更具投机性的生育进行积极管理。
