03854nam 2200697 a 450 991045409820332120200520144314.097866113856441-4356-5367-X1-281-38564-60-520-94097-010.1525/9780520940970(CKB)1000000000689991(EBL)345555(OCoLC)476162396(SSID)ssj0000254116(PQKBManifestationID)11176593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254116(PQKBWorkID)10226891(PQKB)10606294(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056072(MiAaPQ)EBC345555(OCoLC)235354826(MdBmJHUP)muse30865(DE-B1597)520016(DE-B1597)9780520940970(Au-PeEL)EBL345555(CaPaEBR)ebr10229966(CaONFJC)MIL138564(EXLCZ)99100000000068999120060907d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSurrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction[electronic resource] /Susan MarkensBerkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25203-9 0-520-25204-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.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.Susan Markens takes on one of the hottest issues on the fertility front-surrogate motherhood-in a book that illuminates the culture wars that have erupted over new reproductive technologies in the United States. In an innovative analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York and California, Markens explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies aimed at this issue. She examines the views of key players, including legislators, women's organizations, religious groups, the media, and others. In a study that finds surprising ideological agreement among those with opposing views of surrogate motherhood, Markens challenges common assumptions about our responses to reproductive technologies and at the same time offers a fascinating picture of how reproductive politics shape social policy.Surrogate motherhoodSurrogate mothersLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesSurrogate motherhoodSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Surrogate motherhood.Surrogate mothersLegal status, laws, etc.Surrogate motherhoodSocial aspects306.874/3Markens Susan1967-1040291MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454098203321Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction2463031UNINA