Introduction: unfamiliar families?
The new problem of surrogate motherhood: legislative responses
"Choice" and the "best interests of children": claiming the problem of surrogate motherhood
"Moral conundrums and menacing ambiguities": framing the problem of surrogate motherhood
Competing frames of surrogacy: comparing newspapers' coverage of "horror stories"
Unity, divisions, and strange bedfellows: divergent legislative responses to surrogate motherhood
A brave new world? Reproductive politics from the past to the present
Appendix A: A note on methods and data
Appendix B: A multistate comparison of the impact of sponsor's gender and abortion position on the success of surrogacy bills