The idea that a pregnant woman is not the mother of the baby
in her belly infuriates me, and frightens me with its implications. So when I saw Jeffrey Kirby's article
"Transnational Gestational Surrogacy: Does it Have to be
Exploitative?" scheduled for publication in the American Journal of
Bioethics, I just had to respond. It was
published with the title "The Legacy of Patriarchy as Context for
Surrogacy: or Why are we quibbling over this?" in AJOB, April 2014, Vol.
14, #5, as one of their 'open peer
review commentaries.'
You can access a copy of the article here.
The other recent piece I have done on surrogacy is another book review. I reviewed Amrita Pande's WOMBS IN LABOR: TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL SURROGACY IN INDIA. You can look at this one, and the older one on Teman's book listed below.
And if you really want a good, insightful, and deeply (and appropriately!) critical look at Indian surrogacy, see the just published DISCOUNTED LIFE: THE PRICE OF GLOBAL SURROGACY IN INDIA, just out from NYU press.
You can access a copy of the article here.
The other recent piece I have done on surrogacy is another book review. I reviewed Amrita Pande's WOMBS IN LABOR: TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL SURROGACY IN INDIA. You can look at this one, and the older one on Teman's book listed below.
And if you really want a good, insightful, and deeply (and appropriately!) critical look at Indian surrogacy, see the just published DISCOUNTED LIFE: THE PRICE OF GLOBAL SURROGACY IN INDIA, just out from NYU press.