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 newspaper 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 multi-state comparison of the impact of woman's sponsorship and pro- -choice position on the success of surrogacy bills -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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