Stolen Motherhood by Aaronson, Arielle -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Foreword Introduction

Legality in Quebec and Canada Several ways to name the same practice

Gestational carriers Surrogacy Use of surrogate mothers Third-party reproduction

A few definitions: procreation, kinship, descent

Chapter 1 Surrogacy’s Emergence, Development, and International Expansion

Changes that prompted the development of reproductive practices

Human rights, the individual, and freedom The status of women The evolution of the family The status of children Medicine and reproductive health Evolving knowledge and discourse Neoliberalism and globalization

Today’s reality

Surrogacy and the law Exploitation of needy women from poor countries and negative fallouts India

Chapter 2 Women’s Issues

Experiencing motherhood Could we cut out the mother completely? Reproduction and social bonds The technification of childbirth and…of the rest A case for autonomy

Dignity of the mother and child A job like any other?

The surrogates’ side

To make a gift Experiencing pregnancy Earning income

What about consent? Breastfeeding

Chapter 3 The Child at the Heart of Surrogacy

Assisted reproduction: stability or separation? Understanding our origins

The relational aspect Planning the separation The child’s origins The surrogate mother’s anonymity Given—or abandoned?

Children’s rights

When a child does not meet expectations Do not do unto others what you do not want done unto you

Chapter 4 Wanting a Child versus Human Dignity

The children of biomedicine The medicalization process Individualism: satisfying one’s own desire Social infertility Wanting children: a social construct Right to a child What about the future?

Chapter 5 The Pieces of the Puzzle

The health of mother and child Lessons from anthropology The illusion of regulation

Surrogacy’s social illegitimacy The child’s best interests

Inevitable fallouts

Conclusion

The nature of the demand Abolishing surrogacy internationally What now? Final thoughts

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