Birth Power: The Case for Surrogacy

by Carmel Shalev

Book Overview

In this book a feminist lawyer argues in favor of surrogate motherhood, contending that the law must treat women who choose to become surrogates as autonomous parties to a binding contract. To do otherwise, says Carmel Shalev, is both to reinforce a paternalistic system that governs reproductive law and to deny women legal equality and autonomy. Reviewing family and reproductive issues from ancient times to Baby M., Shalev argues persuasively that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300051182
• ISBN13: 9780300051186
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"