: feminism against family Lewis, Sophie (Sophie A.) creator author. text bibliography enk 2021 Paperback edition. monographic eng Eng lis h

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viii, 216 pages ; 20 cm Where pregnancy is concerned, let every pregnancy be for everyone. Let us overthrow, in short, the “family”. The surrogacy industry is estimated to be worth over $1 billion a year, and many of its surrogates around the world work in terrible conditions—deception, wage-stealing and money skimming are rife; adequate medical care is horrifyingly absent; and informed consent is depressingly rare. In Full Surrogacy Now, Sophie Lewis brings a fresh and unique perspective to the topic. Often, we think of surrogacy as the problem, but, Full Surrogacy Now argues, we need more surrogacy, not less! Rather than looking at surrogacy through a legal lens, Lewis argues that the needs and protection of surrogates should be put front and center. Their relationship to the babies they gestate must be rethought, as part of a move to recognize that reproduction is productive work. Only then can we begin to break down our assumptions that children “belong” to those whose genetics they share. Taking collective responsibility for children would radically transform our notions of kinship, helping us to see that it always takes a village to make a baby. / Sophie Lewis. First published: Verso, 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. Surrogate motherhood Surrogate mothers Social conditions Surrogate mothers Civil rights Pregnancy Political aspects 9781786637307 UkOxU 220926 20250617072957.0 990231195860107026 eng