Carolin Schurr

Carolin Schurr is Assistant Professor of Transcultural Studies at the University of St Gallen (Switzerland).

‘Trafficked’ into a better future? Why Mexico needs to regulate its surrogacy industry (and not ban it)

Surrogacy is frequently associated with trafficking in Mexico, but efforts to ban it only serve as fig leaves for not engaging with the structural problems women face.

By Carolin Schurr and Laura Perler

/ 17 Dec 2015

‘Trafficked’ into a better future? Why Mexico needs to regulate its surrogacy industry (and not ban it)

Surrogacy is frequently associated with trafficking in Mexico, but efforts to ban it only serve as fig leaves for not engaging with the structural problems women face.

By Carolin Schurr and Laura Perler

/ 17 Dec 2015