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    Gay Rights and Surrogacy Wrongs: Say “No” to Wombs-for-Rent

    An interesting article…. We are a lesbian and a gay man who have been involved for many years in the struggle for gay and lesbian equality and for broader human rights issues. We both unequivocally oppose all forms of surrogacy as unethical; as legally, medically and psychologically dangerous; and as an abusive commodification of women […] More

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    Calling for a Radical Change of Perspective on Surrogate Motherhood

    We ask for a radical change of perspective in the way the issue of surrogate motherhood is dealt with. Surrogacy is a huge market of several billion dollars, entirely built on the ownership of the female body and on the transformation of children into commodities. It is not a reproductive technology (technically, it is nothing […] More

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    The Untold Harms of Surrogacy

    I have lost count of the number of celebrities hiring women to gestate their babies. Elton John and David Furnish set the trend ten years ago and the list just keeps growing: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West; Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick; Jimmy Fallon and Nancy Juvonen; Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. More recently, Andy Cohen […] More