Eggonomics

Vitrification and bioeconomies of egg donation in the United States and Spain

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2289158
AutoresDiane Tober (0000-0003-1416-093X, Department of Anthropology and Institute for Social Science Research University of Alabama 19 Ten Hoor Hall Tuscaloosa AL 35487 United States, autor de correspondencia), Vincenzo Pavone (0000-0002-2326-0118, Institute of Public Goods and Policies Spanish National Research Council Calle Albesanz, 26–28 Madrid 28037 Spain), Sara Lafuente-Fune (0000-0002-0299-725X, Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany, Theodor‐W.‐Adorno‐Platz 6, 60323, Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Germany), Nancy Anne Konvalinka (0000-0001-8817-2269, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Nancy Konvalinka (Departamento Antropología Social y Cultural Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Calle Senda del Rey, 7, 28040 Madrid Spain)
Año2023
Volumen37
Número3
Páginas248-263
Fecha de publicación2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Anthropology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0745-5194 • E-ISSN: 1548-1387
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/maq.12767
PMID37229598
OpenAlexW4378193627
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas56

Regulations governing assisted reproduction control the degree to which gamete donation is legal and how people providing genetic material are selected and compensated. The United States and Spain are both global leaders in fertility treatment with donor oocytes. Yet both countries take different approaches to how egg donation is regulated. The US model reveals a hierarchically organized form of gendered eugenics. In Spain, the eugenic aspects of donor selection are more subtle. Drawing upon fieldwork in the United States and Spain, this article examines (1) how compensated egg donation operates under two regulatory settings, (2) the implications for egg donors as providers of bioproducts, and (3) how advances in oocyte vitrification enhances the commodity quality of human eggs. By comparing these two reproductive bioeconomies we gain insight into how different cultural, medical, and ethical frameworks intersect with egg donor embodied experiences

Biology · Donation · Egg donation · Embryo · Environmental ethics · Eugenics · Fertility · Fertility preservation · Gynecology · Oocyte · Oocyte donation · Political science · Reproduction · Sociology · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Demography · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Reproductive Biology and Fertility · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Genetics