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Title: |
Towards the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood |
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| Edited by: |
Marie-Josèphe Devillers, Ana-Luana Stoicea-Deram |
| ISBN10-13: |
1925950425 : 9781925950427 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
228x152x10mm |
| Pages: |
203 |
| Weight: |
.310 Kg. |
| Published: |
Spinifex Press - November 2021 |
| List Price: |
19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Subjects: |
Feminism & feminist theory : Human rights |
| In this eloquent and blistering rejection of surrogacy, a range of international activists and experts in the field outline the fundamental human rights abuses that occur when surrogacy is legalised and reject neoliberal notions that the commodification of womenâ s bodies can ever be about the â choicesâ women make. Yoshie Yanagihara shows how feminist ideas have been twisted to extend menâ s freedom and their rights to access surrogacy. Catherine Lynch rails against surrogacy as the creation of babies for the express purpose of removal from their mothers, outlining the tragic outcomes for adopted people. Phyllis Chesler argues that commercial surrogacy is matricidal, â slicing and dicing biological motherhoodâ into egg donor, â gestationalâ mother and adoptive mother. Melissa Farley debunks the myth of â choiceâ in surrogacy, arguing that in a male-dominated and racist system, the exploitative sale of women in surrogacy, like in prostitution, is inherently harmful â rich women do not make the choice to become surrogates or prostitutes. Other contributors to this book, which is published in conjunction with the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood, are Gena Corea, Renate Klein, Gary Powell, Rita Banerji, Marie-Josèphe Devillers, Laura Isabel Gómez GarcÃa, Alexandra Clément-Saby, Taina Bien-Aimé, Silvia Guerini, Laura Nuño Gómez and Eva Maria Bachinger. |
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