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Babies, Child Bearers and Commodification: Anderson, Brazier et al., and the Political Economy of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood

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It is argued by Anderson and also in the BrazierReport that Commercial Surrogate Motherhood (C.S.M.)contracts and agencies should be illegal on thegrounds that C.S.M. involves the commodification ofboth mothers and babies. This paper takes issue withthis view and argues that C.S.M. is not inconsistentwith the proper respect for, and treatment of,children and women. A case for the legalisation ofC.S.M. is made.

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  1. Division of Sociology and Social Policy, School of Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

    Hugh V. McLachlan

  2. Fraser of Allander Institute and Department of Economics, University of Strathcyde, UK

    J.K. Swales

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McLachlan, H.V., Swales, J. Babies, Child Bearers and Commodification: Anderson, Brazier et al., and the Political Economy of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood. Health Care Analysis 8, 1–18 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009494710517

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