Introduction / Linda M. Whiteford and Marilyn L. Poland
Part one : Ethics of quality, access, and care during pregnancy
The ultimate failure : court-ordered Cesarean section / Brigitte Jordan and Susan L. Irwin
Chromosomes and communication : the discourse of genetic counseling / Rayna Rapp
Ethical issues in the delivery of quality care to pregnant indigent women / Marilyn L. Poland
Part two : Ethical decisions in the treatment of newborns
Life-and-death decisions and the sociology of knowledge : the case of neonatal intensive care / Renee R. Anspach
Deciding to treat newborns : changes in pediatricians' responses to treatment choices / Jeanne Harley Guillemin [and others]
Decision making about care of catastrophically ill newborns : the use of technological criteria / Betty Wolder Levin
From principles to practice : life-and-death decisions in the intensive-care nursery / Renee R. Anspach
Part three : Ethical implications of family formation by surrogacy
The technology of AID and surrogacy / Kamran S. Moghissi
Secrecy and the new reproductive technologies / Judith N. Lasker and Susan Borg
Commercial surrogacy : social issues behind the controversy / Linda M. Whiteford
Surrogate mothering in the marketplace : will sales law act as surrogate for surrogacy law? / Sandra Anderson Garcia
Surrogacy in the United Kingdom / Sybil Wolfram
The baby M case : a class struggle over undefined rights, unenforceable responsibilities, and inadequate remedies / Sandra Anderson Garcia.