Dow, Katie — How Do We Feel About Surrogacy?

What this episode covers

For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if the complication was on the females parts. And, these matters still are not much discussed even among the couples themselves. However in the past decades medical science has developed in vitro fertilization which can accommodate the egg for the intended mother, or from another woman, and the sperm from the intended father, or from another man, depending on what is needed. The fertilized egg can then be placed into a ‘surrogate’ mother who can take the pregnancy to term and deliver the baby for the parents. The many issues surrounding surrogacy form the conversation in this edition of Radio Curious. We visit with Dr. Katie Dow, who has studied issues of surrogate parenthood in preparation of her doctorial dissertation in anthropology at the London School of Economics. Katie Dow joined us in the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, California on March 8th, 2010, and began by explaining what constitutes surrogacy. The book Katie Dow recommends is “A Meaningful Life,” by L.J. Davis. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/41064/46486/63209/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/[email protected]/1197-1-dow,_katie_3-8-10_hb_mono.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=41064&version_id=46486&version=1)

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