Maria De Koninck
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Stolen MotherhoodSurrogacy and Made-to-Order Children |
Neither marginal nor secret, contracting surrogate mothers is growing rapidly and is regarded as socially progressive. Yet the “process” is vitiated from the get go, i.e., … | Maria De Koninck | 194 | 2020 | View |
From IntroductionFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
The introduction looks at legality in Quebec and Canada and establishes some vocabulary definitions. | Maria De Koninck | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
From Surrogacy’s Emergence, Development, and International ExpansionFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
The author begins by examining the social, cultural, and economic factors that underpin surrogacy, claiming that it is essential to examine it in today’s context while identifying the … | Maria De Koninck | 32 | 2020 | $3.20 Add |
From Women’s IssuesFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
This chapter looks at the evolution of the concept/experience of motherhood, and the author asserts that society is increasingly viewing pregnancy and childbirth from a utilitarian perspective, … | Maria De Koninck | 33 | 2020 | $3.30 Add |
From The Child at the Heart of SurrogacyFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
This chapter focuses on the children at the "heart" of surrogacy, highlighting these children’s wellbeing, future, and all other considerations, which the author argues are … | Maria De Koninck | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
From Wanting a Child versus Human DignityFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
The author critiques the for-profit contract based model of surrogacy and looks at the implications of this model. She touches on concepts of medical ethics, individualism, social infertility, … | Maria De Koninck | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
From The Pieces of the PuzzleFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
This chapter examines three dimensions of surrogacy more closely: "the health of mother and child, the use of anthropological knowledge in the debate surrounding it, and the illusion that … | Maria De Koninck | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
From ConclusionFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
The conclusion touches on the nature of the demand for surrogacy and argues that surrogacy should be banned internationally. | Maria De Koninck | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
From AfterwordLegitimizing Surrogacy — A Social Setback From: Surrogacy in Canada |
Maria De Koninck | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |