Outsourcing the Womb

<p>Through case studies <i>Outsourcing the Womb Second Edition </i>provides a critical analysis and global tour of the international surrogacy landscape in Egypt India China Japan Israel Ukraine the European Union and the United States. By providing a comparative analysis of countries that have very different policies this book disentangles the complex role that race religion class inequality legal regimes and global capitalism play in the gestational surrogacy market. This book provides an intersectional frame of analysis in which multiple forms of social inequality and power differences become institutionalized and restrict the access of some individuals and families while privileging others and concludes with a discussion of reproductive justice and reproductive liberty. It is an ideal addition to courses on social problems race gender and inequality. </p>