Privacy, surrogacy, and the Baby M case.

Abstracts for Contributed Papers

In the context of her observations about science and race, Sandra Harding once observed that “the Baby M case could be the forerunner of the use of poor and third world women’s wombs to produce children for economically advantaged European American couples” (1986, 2003). Harding’s predictions are practically a reality. Commercial gestational surrogacy is now a transnational phenomenon. Can West...

Baby M, the surrogacy contract, and the health care professional: unanswered questions.

The Baby M case 1 has forced us to take sides in the public debate over surrogate motherhood. Last year, advocates of this form of noncoital reproduction praised the New Jersey trial court for supporting the freedom to contract for such "womb renting" services, while critics warned that enforcement of such surrogacy contracts would condone the sale of babies and the exploitation of women as bab...

Beyond Baby M: international perspectives on gestational surrogacy and the demise of the unitary biological mother.

Surrogacy: an International Phenomenon

This paper provides an overview of surrogacy and the potential complexities involved in commissioning a surrogate baby. It reflects on the lead author’s previous surveys on this difficult topic that were conducted in 1997 and 2003. It offers an insight into the legal and ethical viewpoints on the matter that are held by various countries. Introduction: What is a Surrogate? Van Den Akker (2010) ...

بررسی حقوقی مسؤولیت مادر جانشین در صورت نگه‌داری از طفل در قوانین ایران

Surrogacy is an infertility treatment in which the sperm and egg of couples are mixed in vitro and then transferred to the womb of other woman to grow until the end of pregnancy, and this woman is called the surrogate mother. According to article 1168 of the Iranian civil law, children conceived through surrogacy must remain in custody of their parents like other children, and it is the right a...