Abstract

MACHIN, Rosana. Transnational reproduction with third parties: the reproductive market in Brazil. Inter disciplina [online]. 2022, vol.10, n.28, pp.27-49.  Epub Dec 05, 2022. ISSN 2448-5705.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485705e.2022.28.83288.

The expansion of assisted reproductive technologies has led to an increase in the mobility of people and genetic material on a global scale. Access to third party fertility is characteristic of this expansion. This context includes countries with different regulations and practices that imply different logics of mobility in a convergent, contradictory and interdependent way. It is a complex market, dependent on the reproductive work of women, whether it is paid work or not. To evaluate the situation of the sex cells market in Brazil, a study was carried out with a qualitative methodology and documentary analysis of the gamete import records. A total of 33 semistructured interviews were conducted with reproductive health professionals between 2016-2018. Among the main results, we highlight that the medical regulation adopted in the country, the existence of legal loopholes and the growing demand for gametes favored the increase in the importation of genetic material from semen banks in the United States and from egg banks in Spain. The different regulatory systems operating in these countries promote the sex cell market by reinforcing the business logic of the power of supply/demand.

Keywords : bioeconomies; assisted reproductive technologies; Brazil; gametes donation.

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