Preface and Acknowledgments to the 2000 Edition
Acknowledgments to the First Edition
Part I
Introduction
On Family
Mothering in America
Three Ideologies
Motherhood under Patriarchy
The Seeds of Women
The Genetic Tie
Patriarchal Ideology and New Procreative Technology
Motherhood in a Technological Society
The Mechanical Mother
Technological Society and Liberal Philosophy
Motherhood under Capitalism
The Owned Body
A Child of One's Own
Part II
Introduction
An Alternative Vision
Pregnancy as a Relationship
The Physical Relationship
The Social Relationship
Redefining Abortion
The History of Abortion
Constructing the Fetus
The Medicalization of Abortion
Reconstructing Abortion
The Give and Take of Adoption
Solving Problems with Problems
Orphans Real and Imaginary
Infertility
Infertility as Disability
Medicalizing Motherhood
Fetal Power
Midwifery as Feminist Praxis
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Baby Doe: The Relationship Continues
In Defense of Mothers: A Rebuttal
Child Care
The Managerial Mother
Motherworker
Mid-revolutionary Mores
Fatherhood
What the Problem Is Not
The Capacity to Nurture
Fathering as a Relationship
On ``Surrogacy''
A Question of Policy
A Question of Values
Reflections on a Decade
The Best Money Can Buy
A Note on the Intersection of Infertility and Genetic Research
Selling Choice in Procreation
Gender, Race, and Class: Situating Procreative Choice
Beyond Choice
Converging Streams
Recreating Motherhood: Toward Feminist Social Policy
New Technologies in Old Bottles
Constructing Feminist Social Policy Regarding Motherhood
A Last Word to the New Edition
Notes
Index