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Children in Between: Disruptions of Transnational Surrogacy in the Time of Covid-19 and its Aftermath

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr and Dr and Dr PhD Anika König, Heather Jacobson, Anindita Majumdar

  • Research Location

    India, United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    Freie Universität Berlin

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

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.