Surrogate Mothers

Not So Novel after All

Bibliographic Data

ID20334635
AuthorsJohn A Robertson (Texas A&M University School of Law, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume13
Issue5
Pages28
Publication date1983-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3560576
PMID6643034
OpenAlexW2090680316
LanguageEN
Citations received9

A law professor examines the legal, psychological, social, and\nethical issues that arise in surrogate mothering and the problems that this\nprocedure may create for the biological and adoptive parents, the child, and\nthe state. Robertson considers the central issue of this and other\n"collaborative reproduction" methods to be the extent and nature of third\nparty involvement rather than the deliberate separation of biologic and social\nparentage. He believes that the state's power to regulate surrogate\narrangements may be limited by a couple's constitutional right to make\nprocreative decisions. An insert on page 31 of Robertson's article summarizes\nthe guidelines on "Ethical Issues in Surrogate Motherhood" issued in May 1983\nby the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (KIE\nabstract)

Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Political science · Power (physics) · Reproduction · Sociology · State (computer science) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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