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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... reproductive choice for the contracting father and his partner.2 Critics of surrogacy arrangements similarly cite " reproductive au- tonomy " as the basis for their claim that women cannot be compelled by contract to use their bodies in ...
... Reproductive Freedoms Coincide The parties in a surrogacy arrangement have substantial civil liberties in- terests : the rights to privacy in making an intimate personal decision about reproduction ; the right to autonomy in decisions ...
... reproductive rights as surely as a prohibition on payment for other reproductive services such as contraception or abor- tion . A human being has a right to contract with another to be paid for the performance of services , even highly ...
... reproductive ser- vices exploits poor or uneducated women , who are " coerced " by the mar- ketplace into selling their intimate personal services.39 As the Baby M court put it : the " essential evil is . . . taking advantage of a ...
Politics and Privacy Lawrence O. Gostin. to pay money for reproductive services . It is not for government to judge the ... reproductive services , such as contraception or abortion , to understand the barrier it would pose to Civil ...
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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 |