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Reconstructing Parenthood. Motherhood in fragments : the disaggregation of biology and care / Laurel Swerdlow and Wendy Chavkin -- Constructions of gay men's reproductive desires on commercial surrogacy clinic websites / Damien W. Riggs and Clemence Due -- Global Babies : Who Benefits?. Transnational surrogacy and the earthquake in Nepal : a case study from Israel / Carmel Shalev, Hedva Eyal, and Etti Samama -- Recruiting to give birth : agent-facilitators and the commercial surrogacy arrangement in India / Sarojini Nadimpally and Anindita Majumdar -- Gestational surrogacy : how safe? / Diane Beeson and Abby Lippman -- The fertility continuum : racism, bio-capitalism and post-colonialism in the transnational surrogacy industry / France Winddance Twine -- Networks of reproduction : politics and practices surrounding surrogacy in Romania / Enikio Demény -- Surrogacy arrangements in austerity Greece : policy considerations in a permissive regime / Konstantina Davaki -- What About the Children?. What are children's 'best interests' in international surrogacy? : a social work perspective from the UK / Marilyn Crawshaw, Patricia Fronek, Eric Blyth and Andy Elvin -- What about the children? : Citizenship, nationality and the perils of statelessness / Marsha Tyson Darling -- Transnational third-party assisted conception : pursuing the desire for 'origins' information in the internet era / Deborah Dempsey and Fiona Kelly -- Feminist Responses Around the World. Frequently unasked questions : understanding and responding to gaps in public knowledge of international surrogacy practices worldwide / Ayesha Chatterjee and Sally Whelan (Our Bodies Ourselves) -- Surrogate motherhood : ethical or commercial? / The Centre for Social Research -- Surrogacy in Mexico / Isabel Fulda and Regina Tamés (GIRE) -- A reproductive justice analysis of genetic technologies : report of a national convening of women of colour and Indigenous women / Generations ahead -- I donated my eggs and I wouldn't do it again / Ari Laurel -- Swedish feminists against surrogacy / Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Linn Hellerström and the Swedish Women's Lobby -- Looking Ahead. Mapping feminist views on commercial surrogacy / Emma Maniere -- Transnational commercial surrrogacy in India : to ban or not to ban / Amrita Pande -- Governing transnational surrogacy practices : what role can national and international regulation play? / Sonia Allan.

In the preceding article, Peter Selman explores public and state responses to intercountry adoption in the immediate aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. Miranda Davies expands on this topic with a critique of the concept of the 'best interests of the child' as the legislative cornerstone governing intercountry adoption. Although the principle recognises children as having 'agency', the universality to which it aspires fails to account for the ambiguities involved in its application. This dilemma is exemplified by the politics of rescue, referring to the complex web of interests and relationships that lie behind the perceived altruism of 'rescuing' children from a life of poverty, often exacerbated by humanitarian emergencies, to one of wealth, security and opportunities overseas. Descriptions of the experience of intercountry adoptees broaden the debate by raising questions of racial politics, identity and belonging.