Davies, MirandaMiranda Davies is a writer and editor with a longstanding interest in gender, development and human rights. She has worked as a freelance writer and editor for numerous organisations, including Isis International Women's Network, the Central America Committee for Human Rights, Virago, Channel Four, the Rough Guides, Sort Of Books and the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).Miranda has been a book editor and Managing Editor of BAAF's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, Adoption & Fostering, since 1996. This job sparked an interest in child welfare, especially the needs and rights of children separated from their families of origin. Some of the similarities with intercountry adoption in turn gave rise to a fascination with reproductive tourism and the many ethical and other implications of the current boom in commercial surrogacy. In August 2014, Miranda attended a three-day International Forum on Intercountry Adoption & Global Surrogacy organised by International Social Services (ISS) in The Hague, where she met many of the potential contributors to the proposed anthology.Miranda has two grown-up daughters and lives in London.

Grounded in feminist perspectives, the first study of transnational surrogacy to give due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the practice, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves.

Grounded in feminist perspectives, the first study of transnational surrogacy to give due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the practice, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves.

Preface
Introduction - Miranda Davies
Part I: Reconstructing Parenthood

1. Motherhood in Fragments: The Disaggregation of Biology and Care - Laurel Swerdlow and Wendy Chavkin
2. Constructions of Gay Men's Reproductive Desires on Commercial Surrogacy Clinic Websites - Damien Riggs and Clemence Due
Part II: Global Babies: Who Benefits?

3. Transnational Surrogacy and the Earthquake in Nepal: A Case Study from Israel - Carmel Shalev, Hedva Eyal and Etti Samama
4. Recruiting to Give Birth: Agent-Facilitators and the Commercial Surrogacy Arrangement in India - Sarojini Nadimpally and Anindita Majumdar (Sama)
5. Gestational Surrogacy: How Safe? - Diane Beeson and Abby Lippman
6. The Fertility Continuum: Racism, Bio-capitalism and Post-colonialism in the Transnational Surrogacy Industry - France Winddance Twine
7. Networks of Reproduction: Politics and Practices Surrounding Surrogacy in Romania - Enikö Demény
8. Surrogacy Arrangements in Austerity Greece: Policy Considerations in a Permissive Regime - Konstantina Davaki
Part III: What about the Children?

9. What are Children's 'Best Interests' in International Surrogacy? A Social Work Perspective from the UK - Marilyn Crawshaw, Patricia Fronek, Eric Blyth and Andy Elvin
10. What about the Children? Citizenship, Nationality and the Perils of Statelessness - Marsha Tyson Darling
11. Transnational Third-Party Assisted Conception: Pursuing the Desire for 'Origins' Information in the Internet Era - Deborah Dempsey and Fiona Kelly
Part IV: Feminist Responses around the World

12. Frequently Un asked Questions: Understanding and Responding to Gaps in Public Knowledge of International Surrogacy Practices Worldwide - Ayesha Chatterjee and Sally Whelan (Our Bodies Ourselves)
13. Surrogate Motherhood: Ethical or Commercial? - The Centre for Social Research
14. Surrogacy in Mexico - Isabel Fulda and Regina Tamés (GIRE)
15. A Reproductive Justice Analysis of Genetic Technologies: Report of a National Convening of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women - Generations Ahead
16. I Donated my Eggs and I Wouldn't Do It Again - Ari Laurel
17. A Feminist No to Surrogate Motherhood - Kajsa Ekman, Linn Hellerström and the Swedish Women's Lobby
Part V: Looking Ahead

18. Mapping Feminist Views on Surrogacy - Emma Maniere
19. Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India: To Ban or Not to Ban - Amrita Pande
20. Governing Transnational Surrogacy Practices: What Role Can National and International Regulations Play? - Sonia Allan