Katy Fulfer

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Archives for November 2017

November 1, 2017 by Katy

The myth of a simple surrogacy

The call to better regulate surrogacy highlights the need to reduce possibilities for exploitation and other harms. Jessica Allen's experience as a surrogate reminds me that surrogacy will always be unpredictable. Yes, we need better regulation (in Canada and elsewhere). But surrogacy won't be simple. Superfetation, a rare occurrence in human pregnancy On October 25, the New York Post reported about a surrogacy that went wrong in an unexpected way: Allen conceived while gestating an embryo for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hannah Arendt, reproductive ethics Tagged With: neoliberalism, surrogacy

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