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When Your Body is Your Business

Washington Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2010
2010
  • 2
    Citations
  • 2,478
    Usage
  • 3
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    2
    • Citation Indexes
      2
  • Usage
    2,478
    • Abstract Views
      2,199
    • Downloads
      279
  • Captures
    3
    • Readers
      3
      • SSRN
        3
  • Ratings
    • Download Rank
      219,432

Paper Description

Surrogacy in the United States is a multi-million dollar industry in which well paid professionals seek out highly specialized women to fulfill the difficult job of being a surrogate. Surrogates enter lengthy contracts in which they agree, in intricate detail, to provide a service for significant compensation - surrogates are paid well over $22 million dollars a year. This article argues that surrogates are also professionals in this for-profit industry and are required to report surrogacy compensation as income. As a corollary, surrogates may deduct most of their surrogacy related expenses as business deductions. Being a surrogate is a highly personal service and the expenses the surrogate incurs - such as for maternity clothes or medical care - are typically seen as nondeductible personal ones, but when your body is your business, the personal is business.

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