RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The ethics of surrogacy: women's reproductive labour.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 345
OP 349
DO 10.1136/jme.21.6.345
VO 21
IS 6
A1 A van Niekerk
A1 L van Zyl
YR 1995
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/21/6/345.abstract
AB The aim of this article is to establish whether there is anything intrinsically immoral about surrogacy arrangements from the perspective of the surrogate mother herself. Specific attention is paid to the claim that surrogacy is similar to prostitution in that it reduces women's reproductive labour to a form of alienated and/or dehumanized labour.