Everyday Ethics of Reproductive Outsourcing: Making Good Life in the Era of Biocapitalism (EEROS)

Having a baby of ‘one's own' is increasingly being outsourced: reproductive tissue and labour are obtained from others as commercial services, often across national borders. This project is concerned with the enrolment of ethical valuation that goes into maintaining, altering, advancing and participating in reproductive outsourcing, which has grown into a multi-million euro business. The research data is collected through ethnographic fieldwork at private fertility clinics and healthcare companies with links to international enterprises in Finland, and accompanying Finnish residents travelling across borders. The data consists of video-recordings, observations, interviews and documentary material. The project contributes to feminist social scientific discussions on reproductive technologies, healthcare services and markets. The study will also have implication for healthcare and political significance in providing useful knowledge for professionals, bioethicists and policy makers.