This week, Eva and Emma talk about surrogacy. They discuss different feminist perspectives on the topic and consider how we can expand the definitions of "parenthood" and "family" beyond the nuclear model. 

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READING LIST:

Anita L. Allen, "The Black Surrogate Mother"

Elizabeth S. Scott, "Surrogacy and the Politics of Commodification"

Radiolab, "Birthstory" 

Angela Davis, "Surrogates and Outcast Mothers: Racism and Reproductive Politics in the Nineties"

Katherine B. Lieber, "Selling the Womb: Can the Feminist Critique of Surrogacy Be Answered?"

Barbara Katz Rothman, "Reproductive Technologies and Surrogacy: A Feminist Perspective"

Sophie Lewis, "Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family" \

Sophie Lewis, "What is Family Abolition?" 

"Baby M" Surrogate Mother who fought for custody, video

Cover image: Louise Bourgeois, "The Family" (2007)