The Upside of Baby Markets

Michele Bratcher Goodwin, BABY MARKETS: MONEY AND THE NEW POLITICS OF CREATING FAMILIES, p. 23, Cambridge University Press, 2010

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-23

Posted: 22 Apr 2010

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Martha M. Ertman

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Date Written: 2010

Abstract

Few think there is an upside to baby markets. This chapter challenges conventional wisdom by suggesting that marketizing parenthood through the sale of gametes and other reproductive technologies facilitates family formation by single and gay people. After briefly reviewing literature, it defends commercialization of human eggs and sperm and applies those defenses to embryo markets.

Keywords: parenthood, families

Suggested Citation

Ertman, Martha M., The Upside of Baby Markets (2010). Michele Bratcher Goodwin, BABY MARKETS: MONEY AND THE NEW POLITICS OF CREATING FAMILIES, p. 23, Cambridge University Press, 2010 , U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1593702

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