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As a feminist geographer, Dr. Collard explored the social, political, and legal dimensions of preimplantation genetic tests and the abnormal embryos to which they give rise. She found that the de-selection of these embryos in fertility clinics reflects deeply held assumptions about the bodies and lives we are supposed to want to have and reproduce.
A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD) - graduated in 2020