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Baby Assembly Line: Commercial Surrogacy and the Commodification of Reproductive labor

This study explores how commercial surrogacy perpetuates societal ideologies and affects reproductive labor in the context of global capitalism. It delves into the complexities of race, class, nation, and gender within the commercial surrogacy industry, highlighting the agency of surrogates amidst the commodification of their reproductive capacities. The text reveals the inequities and challenges faced by women, particularly in India's reproductive industry, and raises concerns about stratified reproduction, kinship ideology, and reproductive rights.

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Baby Assembly Line: Commercial Surrogacy and the Commodification of Reproductive labor

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  1. Baby Assembly Line: Commercial Surrogacy and the Commodification of Reproductive labor Monica Cabrera

  2. Main Argument Commercial surrogacy and other reproductive technology caters to the demands of free-market capitalism and perpetuates broader ideologies of race, class, nation, and gender. • Western medical model of the body • Representations of racialized "Others" • Discipline process • Stratified reproduction

  3. Agency • Surrogates in India’s reproductive industry encounter ways to overcome the commodification of their reproductive capacities. • Surrogacy as a means to assert more control over financial, sexual, and emotional lives. A mother shows a photograph of her surrogate baby with his biological father (right), next to her own husband and child (left). (Source: Rudrappa, S. “India's Reproductive Assembly Line.” Contexts, 11(2012): 22-27)

  4. Concerns • Stratified reproduction • Kinship ideology • Reproductive rights • Limited opportunities and protection for poor and working-class women in India

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