Attitudes, Norms, and Beliefs Related to Assisted Reproduction Technologies among Childless Women in a Pronatalist Society

Ivett Szalma, PhD is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and an Associate Professor at the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary). She is the Head of the Family Sociology Section of the Hungarian Sociological Association. Her research topics include attitudes towards assisted reproduction technology, childlessness, non-resident fatherhood, post-separation fertility, measurement of homophobia and adoption by same-sex couples.

Introduction.- Contextual Background: The Pronatalist Approach.- Methodology and Data.- General Attitudes Towards ART.- Conditions for ART Participation: Heterosexual Partnership a Must.- Age-Related Dilemmas.- Physical and Mental Burdens of ART Participation.- Conclusions.