The reproductive silk route

Transnational mobility of oocytes from Europe to Brazil

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7921029
AutoresRichard Machin (0000-0003-1306-4276, Universidade de São Paulo, autor de correspondencia), Consuelo Álvarez Plaza (0000-0001-9520-357X, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Marc Abraham Puig Hernández (0000-0002-1960-9903, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona)
Año2024
Volumen19
Número2
Páginas282-295
Fecha de publicación2024-03-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMobilities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17450101.2023.2220976
OpenAlexW4380373819
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas27

Assisted human reproduction has been deterritorialised into reproductive connectivity networks capable of adapting to contradictory laws, technological development and the mobility of people, reproductive substances, knowledge and capital. We reflect on the reproductive market and the dynamic capacity of cross-border reproductive care (CBRC), thanks to oocyte vitrification for egg donation, and on the legislative gaps that favour these flows. The purpose of the present study is to show the reproductive flows of oocytes from Europe to Brazil, which seem to have erratic route changes, leaving Spain and passing through other European countries, where they are stored, before arriving in Brazil. We carried out a qualitative study, based on documentary analysis of Brazilian Ministry of Health records on oocyte importation, the EU Coding Platform (System for Tissues and Cells), 10 in-depth interviews with key informants and legislative analysis on reproductive technologies in Spain, Brazil, Slovakia and Italy. This flow of oocytes underscores the flexibility and adaptability of transnational reproductive care

Adaptability · Biology · Christian ministry · Economics · Embryo · Fishery · Legislature · Management · Political science · Reproduction · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Reproductive technology · Sociology · Demography · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Ecology