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Surrogacy And The Politics Of Commodification, Elizabeth S. Scott
Surrogacy And The Politics Of Commodification, Elizabeth S. Scott
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In 2004, the Illinois legislature passed the Gestational Surrogacy Act, which provides that a child conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and born to a surrogate mother automatically becomes the legal child of the intended parents at birth if certain conditions are met. Under the Act, the woman who bears the child has no parental status. The bill generated modest media attention, but little controversy; it passed unanimously in both houses of the legislature and was signed into law by the governor.
This mundane story of the legislative process in action stands in sharp contrast to the political tale of …