surrogate mothers

Sixteen-year-old Cassie is appalled, then ashamed to learn that her widowed mother is going to be a surrogate mother, but with the help of friends, she begins to understand that it is every woman's right to make her own decisions.

Whitehead tells the story behind the baby M case, the agony of losing her daughter and then the long court battle to regain her rights as a mother.

The plans of four women--including a college student egg donor, a working-class surrogate mother, a wealthy woman, and her stepdaughter--are thrown into turmoil when the wealthy woman's husband suddenly dies and names the stepdaughter the unborn baby's guardian.

The members of the Sisterhood take on a deceitful lawyer who has created a highly successful illegal baby selling ring, risking everything to dispense their own unique brand of justice and reunite the devastated parents with their children.

Examines the problems of illegal adoption and surrogate motherhood and the tragedies which often result from them. Offers solutions to the ethical and legal dilemmas caused by this form of commerce.

Discusses the scientific and technological innovations of genetic engineering and explores the ethical controversy surrounding the creation of life in the laboratory.

The lives of four women intersect in a miraculous way when India Bishop, having married and then fallen in love with a wealthy older man, decides to cement their relationship with a baby, despite the disapproval of his grown daughter Bettina, and turns to Princeton student and egg donor Jules Strauss, and surrogate mother Annie Barrow, for help.