Eggonomics: Vitrification and bioeconomies of egg donation in the United States and Spain.
Med Anthropol Q
; 37(3): 248-263, 2023 09.
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| ID: mdl-37229598
ABSTRACT
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.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oocyte Donation
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Vitrification
Aspects:
Ethics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
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Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Med Anthropol Q
Year:
2023
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Article
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