Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation

“Renate Klein is a national treasure. Where’s her OA medal for services to women? This new book adds to her impressive list of publications in which she fiercely defends women’s safety and bodily integrity.” Selena Ewing, October 2017In a stimulating article at mercatornet.com Selena Ewing discusses Renate Klein’s book. Her article’s title is ‘The suffering of surrogacy: A veteran feminist spells it out’. Selena Ewing is a freelance researcher and writer with 20 years of experience in researching, writing and speaking about public health, bioethics, and womens health.

Renate Klein, PhD, was Associate Professor in Womens Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, until her retirement in 2006, and is the (co)author/(co)editor of 14 books. She is a biologist and social scientist and taught courses on Reproductive Medicine and Feminist Ethics. Since the 1980s, she has conducted critical feminist research into the new and old reproductive technologies including international population control, IVF (fertility drugs), hormonal and immunological contraceptives, surrogacy, RU 486 and Gardasil.