Anthropological study of surrogacy: an expiatory research on the practice of surrogacy

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720388
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Osaka University (2013-2015); Kanazawa University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: Shimazono Yosuke 大阪大学, グローバルコラボレーションセンター, 講師 (40621157)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 医療人類学 / 代理出産 / 生殖補助医療 / イギリス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to investigate the regulation and the practice of surrogacy in the United Kingdom. For this purpose, ethnographic research was conducted as well as review of literature. As a result, it became apparent that, despite the legal probation of the commercial surrogacy in the UK, the use of commercial surrogates in such countries as the United States, India, Ukraine and Russia has become increasingly common in the UK . It is also a finding of this study that this trend is closely tied to the increasingly popularity of the "alternative parenting."

Free Research Field

文化人類学