Does contract surrogacy undermine gender equality?

Jesse HILL*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal PublicationsJournal Article (refereed)peer-review

Abstract

Some feminists hold that surrogacy contracts should be unenforceable or illegal because they contribute to and perpetuate unjust gender inequalities. I argue that in developed countries, surrogacy contracts either wouldn't have these negative effects or that these effects could be mitigated via regulation. Furthermore, the existence of a regulated surrogacy market is preferable on consequentialist grounds.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)702-708
Number of pages7
JournalBioethics
Volume38
Issue number8
Early online date27 Jul 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2024

Bibliographical note

I would like to thank James Fanciullo, Adam Bradley, Dan Pallies, and Andrea Sauchelli for their comments on this article during a Lingnan Work in Progress Series Talk. I would also like to thank James Fanciullo for his comments on a draft of this paper, particularly his comments regarding Satz's position on specific performance contracts.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Bioethics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Bioethics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords

  • commodification
  • contract surrogacy
  • Debra Satz
  • feminism
  • surrogacy
  • Humans
  • Surrogate Mothers/legislation & jurisprudence
  • Contracts/legislation & jurisprudence
  • Pregnancy
  • Developed Countries
  • Feminism
  • Gender Equity
  • Female

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