Essays about: "commercial surrogacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words commercial surrogacy.

  1. 1. The Question of Agency: A Postcolonial Approach to the Political Discourse on Surrogacy in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Molea Jung; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore how the agency of women who take part in surrogacy arrangements is addressed in the political discourse on surrogacy in Sweden. Surrogacy is and remains a both controversial and ethically complex issue that is intensely discussed on the public agenda in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Paternalism, Autonomy and Surrogacy : The role of the state in protecting women´s autonomy in commercial and altruistic surrogacy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Anna Gustafsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Paternalism; autonomi; surrogatmödraskap;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses whether or not commercial or altruistic surrogacy ought to be legally allowed in the perspective of autonomy. By discussing different theories of paternalism and definitions of autonomy we have seen that the issue is more complicated than first anticipated. READ MORE

  4. 3. Womb for rent; A normative study of the ethical issues in commercial surrogacy

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sofia Emanuel Persson; [2019]
    Keywords : commercial surrogacy; Exploitation; commodification; individual freedom;

    Abstract : This thesis intends to demonstrate why commercial surrogacy is not morally justifiable. In order to display the implication of the aim, a normative argumentative method is applied. READ MORE

  5. 4. Merit Making, Money and Motherhood : Women's Experiences of Commercial Surrogacy in Thailand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Elina Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : transnational commercial surrogacy; Thailand; motherhood; intimate labor; stratified reproduction; surrogatmödraskap; Thailand; moderskap; intimt arbete; stratifierad reproduktion;

    Abstract : This thesis explores transnational commercial surrogacy in the context of Thailand, with the specific purpose to examine Thai women’s motives and experiences of being a surrogate mother. The study is based on two months of fieldwork in Bangkok between June and August 2014 during which interviews were conducted with eleven former, current or future surrogate mothers. READ MORE

  6. 5. Giving Birth : Debating Surrogate Motherhood in Sweden, A Question of Equality

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Witkowsky; [2014]
    Keywords : surrogate motherhood; public debate; social problems; national context; women s rights; children s rights; equality; human value; family; separate spheres and hostile worlds;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study has been to identify, analyze and interpret the framing and meaning of the surrogacy debate in Sweden. The study is built on a textual analysis of statements produced within the political sphere on the topic (2001-2012), as well as within other public contexts by actors such as interest groups, different debaters and newspaper editorials (2010-2014). READ MORE