Materializing Israeliness: Difference and mixture in transnational ova donation

Making and breaking families – reading queer reproductions, stratified reproduction and reproductive justice together

“…These include the human rights of reproductive labourers and access to treatment for those without economic means and otherwise marginalized (e.g. Ainsworth, 2014;Almeling, 2011;Inhorn, 2003;Mohapatra, 2012;Nahman, 2006;Nadimpally et al, 2016;Thompson, 2005;Twine, 2015).…”

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Culture Change

“…Indeed, legal scholars are beginning to worry that significant "reproductive tourism" between countries involves the search for human gametes in countries with relaxed legal and regulatory environments (Blyth & Farrand 2005;Deech 2003;Jones 2008;Jones & Keith 2006;Pennings 2002;Spar 2005;Storrow 2005a,b). Anthropologists are beginning to confirm that these concerns are warranted because infertile couples travel from countries where gamete donation is outlawed (including in "progressive" countries such as Norway) to those where it is available (including in "traditional" countries such as Lebanon and Iran), usually for hefty fees (Clarke 2007a(Clarke ,b, 2008Melhuus 2003Melhuus , 2006Melhuus , 2008Nahman 2006).…”

Oocyte markets: women's reproductive work in embryonic stem cell research

“…The clinic was set up precisely to prevent oocyte purchasers from having to travel overseas to find oocyte vendors. Instead, it recruits young Romanian women to provide oocytes and fertilizes them with sperm from the male partner in situ, before transporting them back to the USA or Israel (Nahman 2006). Young women are recruited by word of mouth and are paid about US$200 per procedure.…”