Reproductive Entanglements in Times of War

Transnational Gestational Surrogacy in Ukraine and Beyond

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ID4564589
AuthorsAnika König (0000-0002-2884-1421, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume42
Issue5
Pages479-492
Publication date2023-07-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.2023.2201682
PMID37093888
OpenAlexW4366817327
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited40

Until early 2022, within the global fertility industry, Ukraine was one of the most important destinations for reproductive travel worldwide, particularly specializing in gestational surrogacy for international intended parents. Already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions, the surrogacy market, and here especially surrogates and intended parents, was strongly affected by the Russian invasion in February 2022. In this article, I discuss and analyze the reproductive entanglements of surrogates, intended parents, and the children born through such transnational surrogacy arrangements in Ukraine and how this extreme crisis of war exposed and exacerbated existing vulnerabilities

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