Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction / Susan Markens.

Author/creator Markens, Susan, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Surrogate motherhood.
Surrogate mothers--Legal status, laws, etc. --United States.
Surrogate motherhood--Social aspects. --United States.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
LCCN 2006029089
ISBN0520252039 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520252035 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520252047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520252042 (pbk. : alk. paper)