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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... involved questions of sexual intimacy , personal and family relationships , and deep expectations of privacy . The Court has never de- cided a case involving non - coital reproduction . One could argue that the right to form a contract ...
... involved in bearing a child mean that the gestational mother cannot or should not be bound by her word ? The concept that contract principles— " a deal is a deal " —should govern the birth of a human being is , to some , inconceivable ...
... involved in the surrogate motherhood controversy . Although surrogacy is more a social and ethical problem than a legal one , it is being resolved in our courts and legislatures . We should be relieved that the first major surrogacy ...
... involved in a custody dispute . I want to enunciate the positions taken in this essay very clearly because they are , to some extent , contrary to the elegant decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court in the Baby M case . 4 The New ...
... involvement . Surrogacy arrangements , then , deserve constitutional protection because of the private relationships and procreative intention of the parties , the woman's control over her own body , and the rights of genetic parents to ...
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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 |