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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... become little more than a " fetal container " ? Is surrogacy a gift to infertile couples or no more than baby selling ? This book is an important addition to the public discussion of surrogate motherhood . The essays in this collection ...
... become so important throughout the developed world be- cause of the increasing human , social , and technological problems of human infertility . Professor Taub suggests a number of preventive public health approaches to infertility ...
... become a dispassionate incubator for the growing fetus . The gestational mother's claims to control her own body and to be involved in the parenting of her child cannot be so easily trivialized . Her physical and psychological burdens ...
... become so essential that prohibiting compensation would virtually ban the practice . " All parties concede that it is unlikely that surrogacy will survive without money . " 47 One need only contemplate the prospect of banning payment ...
... become a license for denying women their basic right to be left alone to make the health deci- sions they choose . Neither government nor a private party has the right to dictate deeply personal choices to the gestational mother , even ...
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 |