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Baby Assembly Line: Commercial Surrogacy and the Commodification of Reproductive labor. Monica Cabrera . 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.
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Baby Assembly Line: Commercial Surrogacy and the Commodification of Reproductive labor Monica Cabrera
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
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)
Concerns • Stratified reproduction • Kinship ideology • Reproductive rights • Limited opportunities and protection for poor and working-class women in India