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Surrogate Motherhood   Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy and women's studies at the University of Michigan, talks about her research on the ethical limitations of commercial pregnancy contracts, or surrogate motherhood. Is it a liberating practice for women that empowers them as entrepreneurs, as full agents in the economic sphere breaking down gender stereotypes by treating their offspring as revenue generators? Or is it a practice that simply reinforces the same old oppressive norms, now via market transactions rather than through traditional domestic arrangements?     about comment bios