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Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction

Title
Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction [electronic resource] / Susan Markens.
Author
Markens, Susan, 1967-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

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1 online resource (xiii, 272 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction (Online)
Alternative Title
Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction (Online)
Subject
  • Surrogate motherhood
  • Surrogate mothers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Surrogate motherhood > Social aspects > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
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Contents
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: unfamiliar families? -- The new problem of surrogate motherhood: legislative responses -- "Choice" and the "best interests of children": claiming the problem of surrogate motherhood -- "Moral conundrums and menacing ambiguities": framing the problem of surrogate motherhood -- Competing frames of surrogacy: comparing newspapers' coverage of "horror stories" -- Unity, divisions, and strange bedfellows: divergent legislative responses to surrogate motherhood -- A brave new world? Reproductive politics from the past to the present -- Appendix A: A note on methods and data -- Appendix B: A multistate comparison of the impact of sponsor's gender and abortion position on the success of surrogacy bills -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
LCCN
2006029089
OCLC
ssj0000254116
Author
Markens, Susan, 1967-
Title
Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction [electronic resource] / Susan Markens.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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