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FaMInART · “Family Making in India through Adoption or Reproductive Technology ” An interdisciplinary investigation of preference of Indian couples experiencing infertility regarding means of family formation

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-07-01 → 2021-12-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 172 800 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Социалните и правни фактори в Индия определят дали двойките с безплодие ще изберат осиновяване или асистирана репродукция. Това помага да се разбере как културните представи за генетичната връзка и законните регулации влияят върху избора за създаване на семейство.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

“Family Making in India through Adoption or Reproductive Technology ”An interdisciplinary investigation of preference of Indian couples experiencing infertility regarding means of family formation

Although many people around the world desire to have a child and form a family, not all can conceive naturally. Indian society values fertility and being childless can cause significant suffering. Child adoption is one of the ways one can create a family, the other increasingly popular option being the use of various assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). In large Indian cities, specialized clinics providing ART are available, but access to them is limited due to costs involved in such fertility treatments. This qualitative study focuses on child adoption in India from the perspective of adoptive parents. It involves single persons and married couples who are residents of India and excludes members of Indian diaspora living abroad. The goal of this research project was to explore the socio-cultural and regulatory factors influencing preference of individuals and couples in India suffering from infertility or subfertility regarding child adoption as a means of family formation. Unlike use of ART which allows individuals to keep their infertility secret, adopting a child makes underlying infertility visible. One doesn’t have to be infertile to choose adoption as means to create a family. However, in most cases of adoption, it is often the last option that parents have, having tried for many years to conceive naturally or with the help of ARTs. Socio-familial notions of genetic link with the children, having a child of one’s own flesh and blood and meaning associated with being a parent influence the path parents chose to create a family. Furthermore, legal regulation of ARTs and adoption also define the options available for individuals and couples to create a family.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The goal of this research project is to understand the socio-cultural and regulatory factors influencing preference of married couples in India suffering from infertility or subfertility regarding means of family formation. I will concentrate on two approaches to family formation; adoption of a child(ren) and assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) using gamete (egg and/or sperm) donation. The study will focus on Indian couples who are residents of India and exclude members of the Indian diaspora who travel to India seeking adoption and/or ARTs. The objective of the research project will be achieved through three interconnected work packages each with specific research questions and methodology. The first work package involves a systematic literature review of factors influencing uptake of adoption as a means of family formation in India and globally. The second work package comprises of a normative analysis of Indian regulatory frameworks on adoption and use of ARTs (using gamete donation) in comparison to key international and European regulations. The last work package is designed to explore values, decision making process and experience of intending Indian parents regarding their chosen means of family formation using qualitative research methods. The insights generated from this project will be relevant for evidence based regulatory approaches to ARTs and adoption not only in India and other low-resource countries but also for global regulation of cross-border reproductive care. This interdisciplinary research project will be situated at the Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG) with a secondment to the department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) at WHO Geneva for four months at the end.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITEIT GENT · GentКоординаторБелгия