Reproductive biocrossings

Indian egg donors and surrogates in the globalized fertility market

Bibliographic Data

ID17814394
AuthorsJyotsna Gupta (0000-0001-7258-5480, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume5
Issue1
Pages25-51
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/ijfab.5.1.25
OpenAlexW2151623568
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited10

A growing number of infertile couples and other individuals desiring children are seeking to fulfill their desire for parenthood transnationally through the use of donor gametes and a surrogate. The number of “fertility tourists” from developed countries to low-income countries is growing phenomenally. Indian women, too, are participating as (re)producers in these “biocrossings,” turning India into the surrogacy outsourcing capital of the world in the globalized bioeconomy of assisted reproduction. I argue for a ban on commercial egg donation and surrogacy and a social-justice approach that would hold the state responsible for providing basic social goods to low-income households. I also argue for a gender-justice approach so that women would not be compelled to adopt surrogacy as a strategy for survival and upward social mobility

Biology · Business · Donation · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Egg donation · Fertility · Outsourcing · Political economy · Political science · Population · Reproduction · Social justice · Sociology · Demography · Law · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Ecology

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