Recently added articles from Law and Contemporary Problems:
Trafficking in 'Human Blood': Titmuss (1970) and products liability.
Jun 22, 2009; ... I INTRODUCTION The publication in 1970 of Richard M. Titmuss's The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy (1) occasioned some spirited debates about the relative roles of altruism and commercial markets not only in the collection and distribution of ...
Altruism, markets, and organ procurement.
Jun 22, 2009; ... I INTRODUCTION For decades, the dominant view among biomedical ethicists, transplantation professionals, and the public at large has been that altruism, not financial considerations, should motivate organ donors. Proposals to compensate sources of transplantable ...
Gender and the value of bodily goods: commodification in egg and sperm donation.
Jun 22, 2009; ... I INTRODUCTION Listing a child for sale in the local paper's classified section is unthinkable, and it is illegal for donors to sell organs in the United States. Yet fertility programs routinely recruit young women and men to "donate" eggs and sperm in return for ...
Sunny Samaritans and egomaniacs: price-fixing in the gamete market.
Jun 22, 2009; ... I INTRODUCTION The modern American marketplace provides many income opportunities, not only to those with golden eggs, but to those with golden sperm as well. The U.S. market for gametes is robust, international, and growing, thanks to advances in fertility ...
Commercial surrogate motherhood and the alleged commodification of children: a defense of legally enforceable contracts.
Jun 22, 2009; ... I INTRODUCTION Commercial surrogate-motherhood contracts should be legally enforceable, despite the vociferous and prevalent opposition to them. We shall, in particular, argue here that they do not involve the commodification of children, nor in other ways are they ...