Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy

"... 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."--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

This book is an important addition to the public discussion of surrogate motherhood. The essays in this collection, originally published as a special issue of the journal Law, Medicine, and Health Car, examine the legal, ethical, civil liberties, women's autonomy, and public health aspects of the surrogacy debate.

Introduction: Larry Gostin

Civil Liberties

A Civil Liberties Analysis of Surrogacy Arrangements

Larry Gostin

Procreative Liberty and the State's Burden of Proff in Regulating Noncoital Reproduction

John A. Robertson

Fairy Tales Surrogate Mothers Tell

George J. Annas

Legal Status

Choosing Family Law over Contract Law as a Paradigm for Surrogate Motherhood

Alexander M. Capron and Margaret J. Radin

Surrogate Motherhood and the Best Interests of Children

Angela R. Holder

Legislative Approaches to Surrogate Motherhood

R. Alto Charo

Ethics

Surrogate Motherhood as Prenatal Adoption

Bonnie Steinbock

Is There Anything Wrong with Surrogate Motherhood? An Ethical Analysis

Ruth Macklin

The Ethics of Surrogate Motherhood: Biology, Freedom, and Moral Obligation

Lisa Sowle Cahill

Women's Autonomy

Surrogate Motherhood: The Challenge for Feminists

Lori B. Andrews

An Essay on Surrogacy and Feminist Thought

Joan Mahoney

Public Health

Surrogacy and the Health Care Professional: Baby M and Beyond

Karen H. Rothenberg

Surrogacy: A Preferred Treatment for Infertility?

Nadine Taub

Case Review Essays: The New Jersey Supreme Court Baby M Decision

The Case of Baby M: Love's Labor Lost

George P. Smith, II

Solomon Would Weep: A Comment on In the Matter of Baby M and the Limits of Judicial Authority

Randall P. Bezanson

Appendixes

Appendix I

Excerpts from the Decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court, In the Case of Baby M

Appendix II

Status of State Legislation Proposed or Enacted through October 5, 1988

Appendix III

Model Surrogacy Acts

A. Section of Family Law of the American Bar Association

B. National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

Appendix IV

Statements of Policy on Surrogacy

A. The American Civil Liberties Union

B. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

C. The American Medical Association

D. The American Fertility Society

E. The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law

F. Institute on Women and Technology

G. Testimony of Gena Corea

Appendix V

Bibliography

Contributors

Index