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Surrogate motherhood /

A practice known since biblical times, surrogate motherhood has only recently leaped to prominence as a way of providing babies for childless couples--and leaped to notoriety through the dramatic case of Baby M. Contract surrogacy is officially little more than ten years old, but by 1986 five hundre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Field, Martha A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.
Edición:Expanded ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I Surrogacy Contracts
  • One Are the Contracts Illegal?
  • Two Exploiting Women and Commercializing Childbearing
  • Three Do New Reproductive Techniques Threaten the Family?
  • Four Constitutional Argumentsâ€?For and Against
  • Five Making Surrogacy Contracts Unenforceable under Contract Law
  • Six Integrating Surrogacy with Laws Governing Adoption
  • Seven Giving the Mother the Right to Renounce the Contract
  • Part II Custody Contests Independent of the Surrogacy Contract
  • Eight Rules Affecting Biological Parentsâ€? Claims to ChildrenNine Custody Contests to Determine the Better Parent
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Current Legal Status of Surrogacy Arrangements
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index