Episode 11: Who Controls Surrogate Pregnancies? Privacy, Contracts and the Law with Carol Sanger

Grabbing the Bullhorn · Sep 28, 2026 · 1h 20m

After Dobbs, does the Constitution still protect a meaningful right to privacy? What happens when a surrogacy contract, a surrogate’s bodily autonomy, the intended parents’ wishesand a child’s welfare point in different directions?

Natalie Bober and Karen Zimbler speak with Carol Sanger, the Barbara Aronstein Black Professor Emerita of Law at Columbia Law School and an influential scholar of reproductive rights. Professor Sanger explains how the landmark Baby M caseshaped modern surrogacy law, how reproductive technology has changed family formation and why surrogacy agreements cannot always…