Johanna Gondouin
Åsa Eriksson
Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
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- 1Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University and Mångkulturellt Centrum, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2Department of Government, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
A corrigendum on
Chains of extraction: shifting bioeconomies in India and East Africa
by Gondouin, J., Eriksson, Å., and Thapar-Björkert, S. (2024). Front. Sociol. 9:1149368. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1149368
In the published article, there was an error. A citation was accidentally inserted, and there was a mistake regarding the year that the bill was approved as law.
A correction has been made to the section India following the surrogacy (regulation) bill 2020, paragraph 1. This sentence previously stated:
“In Deepa et al., 2013, single and gay parents were excluded from the market, and in 2016, the Indian Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill was approved and passed as law in December 2020, restricting surrogacy to altruistic arrangements for heterosexual Indian couples with documented infertility.”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“In 2013, single and gay parents were excluded from the market, and in 2016, the Indian Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill was approved and passed as law in December 2021, restricting surrogacy to altruistic arrangements for heterosexual Indian couples with documented infertility.”
In the published article, there was an error. A mistake regarding the year of the act.
A correction has been made to the section India following the surrogacy (regulation) bill 2020, paragraph 1. This sentence previously stated:
“Feminists have criticized the 2020 Act for increasing the vulnerability and potential exploitation of surrogates (Rudrappa, 2018a).”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“Feminists have criticized the 2021 Act for increasing the vulnerability and potential exploitation of surrogates (Rudrappa, 2018a).”
The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: India, East Africa (Kenya), surrogacy, biocapitalism, colonial histories, globalization - economic development
Citation: Gondouin J, Eriksson Å and Thapar-Björkert S (2025) Corrigendum: Chains of extraction: shifting bioeconomies in India and East Africa. Front. Sociol. 10:1532386. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1532386
Received: 21 November 2024; Accepted: 20 January 2025;
Published: 18 February 2025.
Edited and reviewed by: Sangeeta Chattoo, University of York, United Kingdom
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*Correspondence: Johanna Gondouin, am9oYW5uYS5nb25kb3VpbkBnbWFpbC5jb20=
†ORCID: Johanna Gondouin orcid.org/0009-0006-0141-6886
Åsa Eriksson orcid.org/0000-0001-6330-5897