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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... statutes . The Kentucky statute makes the implicit assumption that surrogacy arrangements are tantamount to the selling or purchasing of a child for the purpose of adoption . It bans this " commodification " of children , as well as any ...
... statute , noting that there was a " zone of privacy created by several constitutional guarantees . " 18 By criminalizing the use of contraception the government had exerted a " max- imum destructive impact " upon privacy . " Finally ...
... statutes make it a criminal offense to pay to adopt a child . Surrogacy contracts are markedly similar to paid adoption ... statute that the Supreme Court of New Jersey found the Baby M contract to be unlawful . The court saw the same ...
... statutes that allow a woman who has agreed to relinquish her parental rights over her baby to change her mind any time before the baby is born . In most states the mother has a grace period after birth in which she can still decide to ...
... statute that required a woman to get her parents ' consent to an abortion.70 As neither husbands nor parents can overrule a woman's decision to get an abortion , the courts would be highly unlikely to give this right to the father in a ...
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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 |