Surrogacy is not something new in America, as a lot of couples and women who can't get pregnant use this method to be able to have a baby they could call their own. But not everyone agrees with this style and some would even call it immoral. Today you will find out about what exactly is surrogate pregnancy and parenting and what are the things involved and at stake during this process.
By definition, surrogacy means getting another woman and using her womb to carry out a child of a couple using their own sperm and egg cells. There is also another type of surrogate pregnancy where the egg cells of the woman they are renting the womb from is the one used instead of the wife of the husband. But the husband's sperm would still be the one placed in there to undergo the process of artificial insemination.
It is basically renting another woman's womb for the purpose of pregnancy. Couples who are diagnosed with infertility often resort to this method if they really want to have a child on their own and don't want to go through adoption. Their baby could still come from both their reproductive cells, so technically their child is 100% their own.
A lot of people think it is immoral because it somehow goes out of the natural order on how a baby is supposed to be made, plus the fact that involves a lot of money during the process. People who want to rent someone else's womb must pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars for the said deal. When it comes to surrogate parenting, according to an article published by Above The Law, the rules vary in different states.
Surrogate Parenting Damages Families and Offends Human Dignity - https://t.co/sZ8Od3WKHY
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In Pennsylvania, surrogate women are not obliged to take over the parenting of the child they carried based on the agreement that it is not their child to begin with. But not all states have that same law that would protect surrogate women from that kind of responsibility. According to Find Law, if the surrogate mother's egg cell was used, then the baby could be considered hers and therefore, could expect parental rights and obligations depending on the state the whole process was done.
After reading all these, what is your opinion about surrogate pregnancy and parenting. We would love to hear from you.
