Social surrogacy for non-medical reasons
Traditionally surrogacy has been reserved
as a treatment option for women whose uterus was absent or was irreparably
damaged . It is an expensive treatment option , which involves a lot of
coordination as well as legal issues to make sure that the child is handed over
to the intended parents. However, we are now seeing an interesting trend , so
that there are women who are no longer using surrogacy for medical reasons ,
but for social reasons !
These are women who know that they are
able to carry the pregnancy themselves, but who decide for social reasons not
to get pregnant themselves , but to use a surrogate instead. They have a wide
variety of reasons for choosing this route. Some are very busy and successful
career women, who don't want to take a break in their professional career , as
this will harm their chances of becoming the CEO. Others are models who don't
want their figure to altered as a result of pregnancy. Some feel it's just too
stressful for them to go through pregnancy , and if they don't need to do it
themselves , and can get someone else to carry a baby for them, then why
shouldn’t they use this option ?
This raises a number of interesting
ethical issues ! Is it right for the doctor to accept such requests, even when
there is no valid medical reason for doing surrogacy ? Or is the doctor being very
presumptuous by refusing such requests ? After all , these are intelligent,
educated successful women, who know their own mind . If this is what they ha...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Indian surrogate surrogate mother Indian surrogacy surrogacy in India Source Type: blogs
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