Mobility in North American Surrogacy

A Fertile Global Industry

Amy Speier

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
05 February 2025

Gender studies, gender groups; Social & cultural anthropology; Infertility & fertilization; Family & relationships

The United States is a bastion of commercial surrogacy. Intended parents from all over the globe travel to the United States seeking to build a family. However, they must navigate a complicated, convoluted industry that consists of hundreds of fertility clinics, surrogacy, and egg donor agencies, as well as new forms of business that have appeared to ease the efficiency of a long, drawn-out process.

Mobility in North American Surrogacy: A Fertile Global Industry examines the multiple players involved in global surrogacy contracts between international intended parents who opt to create a family with the help and labor of surrogates from the United States. This market remains the final frontier of commercial surrogacy, while other reproductive hubs only allow for altruistic surrogacy. The author considers the mobility and immobility experienced by intended parents, egg donors, surrogates, and professionals whose intimate labor fosters connections across economic, geographic, and social divisions. Based on four years of ethnographic research that also spans the globe, the author argues for a more nuanced consideration of the ethics of surrogacy.

By: Amy Speier
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781666952797
ISBN 10: 1666952796
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 05 February 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amy Speier is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Reviews for Mobility in North American Surrogacy: A Fertile Global Industry

""Amy Speier's, Mobility in North American Surrogacy: A Fertile Global Industry, takes an inside look at people's journeys on their paths to parenthood. With a primary focus on men who travel to North America with the hope of having a baby with a gestational surrogate, Speier lays out how shifting global fertility hubs intersect with geographic, socio-cultural, and economic mobilities for intended parents, surrogates, and fertility professionals. This fascinating account illuminates the complexities of cross-border reproductive travel and the relationships built between intended parents and surrogates.""