Renate KleinDr Renate Klein holds an MSc from Zürich University, a BA (Honours) in Women’s Studies from the University of California at Berkeley, and a PhD in Sociology of Education from the University of London. She was a Research Associate in the Department ofNeurobiology at the University of Zürich. Klein was Associate Professor, Women’s Studies at Deakin University until retirement in 2006 and taught courses on International Feminism, Reproductive Medicine and Feminist Ethics. Since the early 1980s she has conducted critical feminist research on the new and old reproductive technologies including international population control, IVF (fertility drugs), hormonal and immunological contraceptives, RU 486 and Gardasil. With Dr Susan Hawthorne she co-founded the independent feminist publishing company Spinifex Press in Melbourne in 1991. She is the (co)author/(co)editor of 19 previous books including Test-Tube Women: What Future for Motherhood?; Infertility: Women’s Experiences with Reproductive Medicine; RU 486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals; Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed; Cyberfeminism and Not Dead Yet. Dr Klein has authored 23 book chapters and 40 journal articles. Her latest article on international surrogacy was published in Arena (March 2025) https://arena.org.au/a-listers-and-baby-makers-the-return-of-surrogacy/ Read More Read Less