The current debate about commercial surrogacy has focused on the competing needs of couples or individuals desperate to have children, and the exploitation of vulnerable women in low-income countries. But no one seems to be talking about the rights of the child.

This is particularly odd because the debate, which is loosely constructed around the competing desire of people to be parents and of women not to be exploited, is couched largely in the language of rights. The proposed solution for settling these competing desires is legislation that supports commercial surrogacy.

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