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SUMMARY:Openness or Anonymity? Germans Travelling abroad for Egg Donation 
 - Yvonne Frankfurth (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Yvonne Frankfurth
DESCRIPTION:Egg donation is prohibited in Germany. It is estimated that ap
 proximately 4\,000-5\,000 Germans circumvent this law by travelling abroad
  for egg donation every year. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with egg-
 donor-parents and fertility experts\, this chapter examines how notions of
  secrecy and openness shape the decision-making processes of these German 
 travellers. Some couples choose ‘open’ egg donation\, where the donor
 ’s identifying information is available to the future child. These paren
 ts typically travel to countries\, such as Austria\, Denmark or Finland\, 
 even though having an anonymous donor would often involve less cost and wa
 iting time.\n\nThis talk will explore: How do some intended German parents
  come to seek open donation\, others anonymous donation? Is this always a 
 matter of choice? It will conclude by discussing the ways in which the dec
 ision on openness/anonymity is linked to whether these German couples inte
 nd to disclose to their child\, or keep the egg donation a secret.\n\nYvon
 ne Frankfurth is an ESRC-funded graduate researcher at the University of C
 ambridge\, conducting her research as part of ReproSoc\, an interdisciplin
 ary research group at Cambridge concerned with the social and cultural imp
 lications of new reproductive technologies. In her thesis\, Yvonne explore
 s the social and ethical aspects of the German prohibition of egg donation
 \, specifically studying the journeys of German intended parents travellin
 g abroad to have a child with the help of an egg donor (see www.es-klappt-
 nicht.de). She is interested in (in)fertility\, emerging technologies\, po
 licy-making and national identity.\n\nThis talk is based on a book chapter
  of the same name appearing in Springer-Verlag in April 2020.
LOCATION:B3 Institute of Criminology Sidgwick Site
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