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Babies for Sale?
Transnational Surrogacy, Human Rights and the Politics of Reproduction
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Babies for Sale?
Transnational Surrogacy, Human Rights and the Politics of Reproduction
About this book
Transnational surrogacy â the creation of babies across borders â has become big business. Globalization, reproductive technologies, new family formations and rising infertility are combining to produce a 'quiet revolution' in social and medical ethics and the nature of parenthood. Whereas much of the current scholarship has focused on the US and India, this groundbreaking anthology offers a far wider perspective. Featuring contributions from over thirty activists and scholars from a range of countries and disciplines, this collection offers the first genuinely international study of transnational surrogacy. Its innovative bottom-up approach, rooted in feminist perspectives, gives due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the global surrogacy chain, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves. Through case studies ranging from Israel to Mexico, the book outlines the forces that are driving the growth of transnational surrogacy, as well as its implications for feminism, human rights, motherhood and masculinity.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- About the editor
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One. Reconstructing Parenthood
- 1 | Motherhood in fragments: the disaggregation of biology and care
- 2 | Constructions of gay menâs reproductive desires on commercial surrogacy clinic websites
- Part Two. Global babies: who benefits?
- 3 | Transnational surrogacy and the earthquake in Nepal: a case study from Israel
- 4 | Recruiting to give birth: agent-facilitators and the commercial surrogacy arrangement in India
- 5 | Gestational surrogacy: how safe?
- 6 | The fertility continuum: racism, bio-capitalism and post-colonialism in the transnational surrogacy industry
- 7 | Networks of reproduction: politics and practices surrounding surrogacy in Romania
- 8 | Surrogacy arrangements in austerity Greece: policy considerations in a permissive regime
- Part Three. What about the children?
- 9 | What are childrenâs âbest interestsâ in international surrogacy? A social work perspective from the UK
- 10 | What about the children? Citizenship, nationality and the perils of statelessness
- 11 | Transnational third-party assisted conception: pursuing the desire for âoriginsâ information in the internet era
- Part Four. Feminist responses around the world
- 12 | Frequently unasked questions: understanding and responding to gaps in public knowledge of international surrogacy practices worldwide
- 13 | Surrogate motherhood: ethical or commercial?
- 14 | Surrogacy in Mexico
- 15 | A reproductive justice analysis of genetic technologies: report of a national convening of women of colour and Indigenous women
- 16 | I donated my eggs and I wouldnât do it again
- 17 | Swedish feminists against surrogacy
- Part Five. Looking ahead
- 18 | Mapping feminist views on commercial surrogacy
- 19 | Transnational commercial surrogacy in India: to ban or not to ban
- 20 | Governing transnational surrogacy practices: what role can national and international regulation play?
- About the authors
- Index