This Note analyzes whole body gestational donation, as proposed by ethicist Anna Smajdor, and the organ donation consent laws that would be implicated by implementation of such a system. Further, this Note analyzes the ethical implications of such laws upon vulnerable groups of people and how the law should protect certain groups from the dangers this system poses. It also presents both suggestions for state legislators to use if this system is implemented, and steps individuals can take to ensure that their wishes are carried out in the event they are unable to make their own medical decisions.

Keep Reading Only Useful as a Uterus: How to Shape State and Personal Safeguards on the Implementation of Whole Body Gestational Donation to Protect the Value of Women as Whole Persons