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02957aam a2200361 i 4500 001 AD549DB2969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210406010037 008 200411t20202019quc b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781771862240 020 $a 1771862246 035 $a (OCoLC)1149298931 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d TOH $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CNKUC $d NLC $d UAB $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d UAB $d IWA $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 043 $a n-cn--- $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a HQ759.5 K6613x 2020 100 1 $a Koninck, Maria de, $e author. 240 10 $a MaterniteÌ deÌrobeÌe. $l English 245 10 $a Stolen motherhood : $b surrogacy and made-to-order children / $c Maria De Koninck ; translated by Arielle Aaronson. 260 $a [Place of publication not identified] $b BARAKA Books, $c 2020. 300 $a 190 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a Contracting surrogate mothers is no longer marginal. Nor is it secret. Surrogacy is growing rapidly even though no informed debate on the social impacts of its normalization has been conducted. It is even regarded as socially progressive, while those who question it are considered to be opposed to progress. The surrogacy process commissioning a woman to bear and give birth to a child and then surrender it is vitiated by its contractual nature, be it in its so-called altruistic form (i.e., no exchange of money) or the straight-forward commercial form. It is an attack on the human dignity and equal gender rights of surrogate mothers, but also a denial of the rights of the contracted child to come, who is so often forgotten in the process. Current inconsistent or contradictory legislation has led to a fait accompli approach to the question. It's being done, so let's just regulate it, say its defenders. Other countries that have followed that logic have seen an increase in both demand for surrogates and recourse to shrewd international brokers. In many cases, international simply means the surrogate mother is from a poor country with lax legislation, the commissioning parents, from rich countries. By examining the surrogacy process and all its implications, Maria De Koninck reaches the conclusion that the best way forward is an international ban on surrogacy. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190). 505 0 $a Introduction -- Surrogacy's Emergence, Development, and International Expansion -- Women's Issues -- The Child at the Heart of Surrogacy -- Wanting a Child versus Human Dignity -- The Pieces of the Puzzle -- Conclusion. 546 $a Translated from the French. 650 0 $a Surrogate mothers. 650 0 $a Surrogate mothers $x Law and legislation $z QueÌbec (Province). 650 0 $a Surrogate mothers $x Law and legislation $z Canada. 650 0 $a Children of surrogate mothers. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20211005011910.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AD549DB2969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search