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A Surrogate Mother’s Cautionary Tale

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Mar 6, 2019 Defenders of the practice of surrogacy contend that everyone benefits from it, but that’s not always the case. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Women in India Suffer as They Serve as Surrogates

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Dec 3, 2016 "It doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world. It is poverty that is motivating them to do it, and it is inhuman.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Selling of Subordination: How the Female Body Is Reduced to Products

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Sep 16, 2016 Welcome to the marketplace built on women’s oppression, disposability, desperation and despair. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

McCain, Obama Rebuke Clark

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2008 Monday brought yet another round of political Mad Libs, which proceeds as follows: 1. (Insert surrogate name here), adviser to (candidate)'s presidential campaign, slams (rival candidate) for lack/excess of (personal quality) on (major media outlet); 2. (Rival candidate) blasts (surrogate), hints that such antics reveal opposition's true character; 3. (Candidate) distances self from (surrogate), who goes on to apologize and perhaps step down; 4. Repeat as necessary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ferraro Might Not Vote for Obama

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2008 Geraldine Ferraro, the former vice presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton supporter, caused a stir earlier in the campaign when she said Barack Obama's primary success came from being black and that "they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?" Now she tells the New York Times she might not vote for the Democratic front-runner, because "I think Obama was terribly sexist." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )