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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... decide the " right way " to reproduce . The " commodification " argument is extended and strengthened by Alex Capron and Margaret Radin . They meet Robertson's constitutional argu- ment merely by asserting that there is no " absolute ...
... a child . " Citizens have a privacy right to decide whether , how , and when to bear a child . Griswold , 7 Loving , 8 and Zablocki defined that right within the marital relationship . The Court in 4 SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD.
... decide whether to conceive and to carry a fetus to term . Roe v . Wade14 concerned the potential detriments to pregnant women of being made to carry an unwanted fetus to term — the medical and psychological harm of having to bear and ...
... decide not to assert her parental rights when the child is born or , preferably , after a period of time following the birth . This is analogous to state adoption statutes that allow a woman who has agreed to relinquish her parental ...
... decide to with- draw their previously given consent to a medical procedure . It is insulting to suggest that because the law allows gestational mothers to withdraw consent to a waiver of parental rights , the women are indecisive or ...
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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 |