Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and PrivacyLawrence O. Gostin Indiana University Press, 1990 M05 22 - 384 páginas "... glimpses of intriguing changes in social arrangements and cultural understandings in relation to surrogacy. Disturbing motherhood indeed." -- New Scientist "Larry Gostin has put together the definitive collection of essays on one of the most perplexing and titillating topics in contemporary medical ethics. This book includes contributions from some of the leading scholars on the legal, ethical, and social aspects of surrogacy, as well as several critical perspectives on the famous Baby M case -- must reading for understanding the surrogate motherhood controversy." -- Robert M. Veatch "Highly recommended... " -- Choice "... a valuable resource for those concerned with an exceedingly difficult ethical, legal, and political problem."Â -- Ethics "There is a wealth of information here on the current 'status questionis' in the United States, and anyone involved in the surrogacy debate, in the U.S. or otherwise, will find working through this material very worthwhile." -- Canadian Philosophical Review "... an excellent sample of some of the best and most varied thinking so far on the numerous conceptual, moral, social, and policy questions raised by contract motherhood." -- The Journal of Clinical Ethics |
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... allow parties to consent to surrogacy arrangements or is it ethically wrong to ask a woman to become little more than a " fetal container " ? Is surrogacy a gift to infertile couples or no more than baby selling ? This book is an ...
... allowing the practice . Just as in constitutional theory , some weight of ethical value must be assigned to protecting this private surrogacy arrangement . Does allowing surrogacy further some im- portant social or personal value such ...
... allow the state to stifle an activity that fulfills a human need without imposing any tangible harm on others . Families in our society take many different forms , and a great deal of latitude in " private ordering " should be ...
... allowing herself to be exploited . Nonetheless , that choice is not for the state or the body politic but for the woman alone to make . As the American Civil Liberties Union policy on prostitution states , " whether a person chooses to ...
... allowing periodic payments throughout the pregnancy to compensate the woman for her services and health care expenses ... allow payment in exchange for the child , and if the courts will not enforce any contractual provision in which the ...
Contenido
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Procreative Liberty and the States Burden of Proof | 24 |
Fairy Tales Surrogate Mothers Tell | 43 |
Choosing Family Law over Contract Law as a Paradigm | 59 |
Surrogate Motherhood and the Best Interests of Children | 77 |
Legislative Approaches to Surrogate Motherhood | 88 |
Surrogate Motherhood as Prenatal Adoption | 123 |
Is There Anything Wrong with Surrogate Motherhood? | 136 |
A Preferred Treatment for Infertility? | 221 |
Loves Labor Lost | 233 |
A Comment | 243 |
Appendix I | 253 |
Appendix II | 261 |
Appendix III | 270 |
Appendix IV | 293 |
Appendix V | 338 |
Biology Freedom | 151 |
The Challenge for Feminists | 167 |
An Essay on Surrogacy and Feminist Thought | 183 |
Contributors | 356 |