List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction, Giulia Pedrucci (Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia). Part I. Mythological and Religious Imaginaries of Reproduction 1. The Fatherless Births of Hera: Myth, Medicine and the Logic of Reproduction, Giulia Pedrucci (Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia). 2. Hindu Surrogacy Myths and their Socio-Legal Afterlives, Sucharita Sarkar (University of Mumbai, India). 3. Janm lila: Assisted Reproductive Technology and Hindu Narrative Imaginary, Namrata Chatturvedi (University of Delhi, India).

4. The Sacredness of the Uterus: Biohacking as Religious Practice in Black Speculative Feminism Fiction, Patricia A. Gwozdz ( University of Potsdam, Germany). Part II. Religious Endorsements, Resistances, and Negotiations 5. Islamic Perspectives on In Vitro Fertilization and Surrogacy, Sabine Ahmadzai (University of Frankfurt, Germany). 6. Exploring the Impact of Catholicism on Reproductive Technologies in Argentina: A Qualitative Insight from ART Users and Experts, Ana Lucía Olmos Álvarez (Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda, Argentina).

& María Cecilia Johnson (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, CONICET Argentina). 7. God's Plan or Political Decisions? Fighting over Abortion Laws Amidst Poland's Catholic Landscape, Natalia Grabke (Heidelberg University, Germany). 8. Assisted Reproduction for Lesbian Women in 1980s Belgium: Medical Practice and Moral Pluralism, Tinne Claes ( KU Leuven, Belgium). Part III. Law, Philosophy, and Theological Reflections 9. Egg Donation in Iran: The Nexus of Biopolitics, Law and Shi'i Islamic Shari'a, Ladan Rahbari (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

10. Leading one's own life: Religious reasons in deliberating the regulation of assisted reproductive technologies, Michael Roseneck (University of Frankfurt, Germany). 11. Ancient and contemporary narratives. The cultural and symbolic roots of ART, Simona Sanchirico (DG ABAP, Italy). Index.