Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation

Renate Klein, PhD, was Associate Professor in Women's Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, until her retirement in 2006. She is a biologist and social scientist and taught courses on Reproductive Medicine and Feminist Ethics. Since the 1980s, she has conducted critical feminist research into the new and old reproductive technologies and is the editor of numerous books including Test-Tube Women (1984), Infertility (1989) and Radical Reckonings (2025). She is the co-author of RU 486 (1991) which received a Certificate of Commendation in The Australian Human Rights Awards. Renate Klein, PhD, was Associate Professor in Women's Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, until her retirement in 2006. She is a biologist and social scientist and taught courses on Reproductive Medicine and Feminist Ethics. Since the 1980s, she has conducted critical feminist research into the new and old reproductive technologies and is the editor of numerous books including Test-Tube Women (1984), Infertility (1989) and Radical Reckonings (2025). She is the co-author of RU 486 (1991) which received a Certificate of Commendation in The Australian Human Rights Awards.