Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-55) and index.

The industrial womb -- Racism, capitalism, and reproductive labor -- Becoming a gestational surrogate -- Google babies: class, colorism, and consumer culture -- Religious law and state regulatory regimes: Egypt and Israel -- India: a view from the global South -- Reproductive justice and reproductive liberty.

This book provides a critical introduction to the global surrogacy market. A comparative analysis of the assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy industry in Egypt, Israel, India and the United States disentangles the intersecting roles of race, religion, class inequality, religious law, and global capitalism. Gestational surrogacy challenges the idea of natural " reproduction and of the meaning of parenthood. What role should the state play in providing individuals and families with access to reproductive technologies? This book concludes with a discussion of reproductive justice.