Die Erfahrungen deutscher und schweizerischer Wunscheltern mit Leihmutterschaft in den USA

König, Anika

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-60298-0_16

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“…India (Majumdar, 2017), Ukraine (Siegl, 2018), and Mexico (Hovav, 2019)) offering surrogacy services at a small fraction of the cost in other places (e.g. California, König, 2020). However, the phenomenon of children being born through surrogacy in one country to intended parents who are citizens of another country has led to litigation and challenges to the idea of parenthood and citizenship that many nations (and intended parents) had not foreseen.…”

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Paperwork: Following the trail of (identity) papers in transnational commercial surrogacy

König

Majumdar

2022

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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Transnational surrogacy—the carrying of a child by a woman in one country on behalf of persons in another—is strongly shaped by documents. Of these, identity documents are particularly crucial as they establish the belonging of a child born through such an arrangement both to its parents (birth certificate) and to a country (passport). However, the acquisition of these documents is subject to national laws that may contradict one another in transnational settings where citizens of more than one country are involved. As a result, in the last few years, there have been several cases of children stuck in legal limbo without clear parenthood and citizenship. Based on ethnographic research in India and Germany, we analyze how in such a transnational setting, documents and documentation become part of the making and unmaking of persons and belonging.

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Paperwork: Following the trail of (identity) papers in transnational commercial surrogacy

König

Majumdar

2022

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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Leihmutterschaft: zwischen Möglichkeit und Freiheit

Ansari-Bodewein

2024

Leihmutterschaft Interdisziplinär

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Reprowebs: a conceptual approach to elasticity and change in the global assisted reproduction industry

König

Jacobson

2021

BioSocieties

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In the last few decades, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have become increasingly transregional and transnational, often involving travel within or between countries or even continents. Until recently, the global ART industry was marked by so-called ‘reprohubs’—places (such as southern California, Dubai, Anand, and Mumbai) specializing in the provision of reproductive services. While reprohubs continue to exist, in the last few years, many have splayed out, transforming into something more akin to webs that encompass, but go beyond these hubs. These webs show a unique dynamic capability to tighten, entangle, or extend in reaction to local and global changes, a characteristic which became particularly obvious during the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this paper, we propose conceptualizing this new dynamic capability as ‘reprowebs’—an approach that adds a new dimension to the existing conceptualization of reproductive travel and helps us to better understand current developments in the global ART industry.

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Die Erfahrungen deutscher und schweizerischer Wunscheltern mit Leihmutterschaft in den USA

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

Paperwork: Following the trail of (identity) papers in transnational commercial surrogacy

Paperwork: Following the trail of (identity) papers in transnational commercial surrogacy

Leihmutterschaft: zwischen Möglichkeit und Freiheit

Reprowebs: a conceptual approach to elasticity and change in the global assisted reproduction industry

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