The Ethics of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood: Brave New Families?

by Scott B. Rae

Book Overview

This study addresses the two most controversial issues in surrogate motherhood: the commercial aspect of the practice and the issue of parental rights. After setting the legal and moral backdrop of procreative liberty in general, Rae argues that commercial surrogacy is the moral equivalent of baby-selling and should be prohibited. Add to this the potential for exploitation of the surrogate in practices that are already in motion and it is not hard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275946797
• ISBN13: 9780275946791
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"