The Social Shaping Of Modern Reproductive Technology And Its Philosophical Research

Modern reproductive technology refers to the technical means of intervening in the human reproductive process.According to academic research,modern reproductive technology is mainly divided into four categories: birth control technology,childbirth technology,embryo development monitoring technology,and inreproductive treatment technology.Among them,contraception and conception are two major issues.With the rapid development of science and technology,the interaction between reproductive technology and society is becoming more and more complex,and it has become an important part of technological research.Through the absorption of Marx’s technical social view,contemporary technology research has undergone an important " gestata transformation",that is,from the traditional "technical determinism" to the "social shaping of technology" theory,that is,technology is not isolated from society.Development,but pattern or shape in a specific social environment,social factors,political factors,cultural factors,economic factors,etc.profoundly shaped the emergence,development and application of technology.The theory in technology and society The basic position and main methods of interactive relationship research provide a theoretical perspective for us to analyze reproductive technology.From the perspective of the social shaping theory of technology,the development of modern reproductive technology and the choice of technology by people are not entirely determined by the inherent logic of technology,but the result of complex interaction between modern reproductive technology and society.Factors such as birth policy,economic foundation and other factors have profoundly influenced and shaped modern reproductive technology and people’s technology choices.Specifically,in the process of social application and technology selection of prenatal sex diagnosis technology,traditional family culture and reproductive concept,especially It is a boy’s preference,which has largely shaped the use of medical imaging technology such as B-ultrasound in gender identification,resulting in a disproportionate gender ratio in China for a period of time;in the social choice of reproductive technology,the country’s population policy and birth policy are It has become an important shaping force that cannot be ignored.After the one-child policy has changed to the two-child policy,the utilization rate of sterilization technology has shown a rapid decline.Important changes have had a profound impact on the choice of contraceptive techniques;along with ovulation-promoting drugs Widespread use of human assisted reproductive technology,through the application of multiple ovulation and embryo transplantation drugs,multiple births birth rate is increasing rapidly,in which reproductive policy also played an important role in shaping.The social shaping of reproductive technology shows that reproductive technology does not exist independently.It is influenced and shaped by various social factors,and involves many different and heterogeneous participants and actors,and has profound practicality.The enlightenment to us is that in the practice of specific reproductive techniques,reproductive technology should be placed in a broad social and cultural space,and the interaction between reproductive technology and social factors should be deeply understood,and various heterogeneous elements should be integrated.In terms of methodology,we must get rid of the dualistic framework of technology and society,transcend traditional technical determinism and radical social determinism,grasp the diversity of users of reproductive technology,and choose technology in the process of birth policy implementation.Sexuality,appropriate technical risk assessment and decision-making,public participation in public policies related to reproductive technology,active promotion of benign interaction between reproductive technology and society,in order to better implement China’s national policy of family planning,coordinating population development strategies,and realizing population Balanced development.