Chapter 7.D.4 Womb and Ovum Donors

Notes: Traditional and Gestational Surrogacy

1. One Plus One Equals Three?

For a state by state survey on gestational surrogacy, see Darra L. Hofman, “Mama’s Baby, Daddy’s Maybe”: A State-By-State Survey of Surrogacy Laws and Their Disparate Gender Impact, 35 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 449 (2009). See also, Noa Ben-Asher, The Curing Law: On the Evolution of Baby-Making Markets, 30 Cardozo L. Rev. 1885 (2009).

New Note 6.5. International Surrogacy.

International surrogacy transactions raise legal, political and ethical concerns about the exploitation of women in developing countries. See I. Glenn Cohen, Medical Tourism: The View from Ten Thousand Feet, Hastings Cntr. Rep., March-April 2010; Ruby L. Lee, Note: New Trends in Global Outsourcing of Commercial Surrogacy: A Call for Regulation, 20 Hastings Women's L.J. 275 (2009); Jennifer Rimm, Booming Baby Business: Regulating Commercial Surrogacy in India, 30 U. Pa. J. Int'l L. 1429 (2009).

Problems Determining Parentage

See generally, I. Glenn Cohen, The Right Not to Be a Genetic Parent, 81 S. Cal. Rev. 1115 (2008); I Glenn Cohen, The Constitution and the Rights Not to Procreate, 60 Stan. L. Rev. 1135 (2008); Linda S. Anderson, Adding Players to the Game: Parentage Determinations When Assisted Reproductive Technology is Used to Create Families, 62 Ark. L. Rev. 29 (2009).