Projektnummer

0068317

Zusammenfassung

This project examines the impact of Covid-19-related restrictions on transregional and transnational gestational surrogacy arrangements. The research will result in an in-depth and comparative ethnographic account of the situation of children, gestational surrogates, and intended parents in India, the U.S., Ukraine, and Germany. The goal of this research is to contribute to a better understanding of medical travel, fertility care, and gestational surrogacy during a global pandemic when the issue of 'essentiality' of particular medical technologies is at stake.