Surrogacy is an Umbrella term. Under which there are there are genetic surrogacy circumstances viz; Genetic surrogacy: involves natural or artificial insemination of a surrogate. If the intended father's sperm is used in the insemination, then the resulting child is genetically related to the intended father and genetically related to the surrogate. If donor sperm is used, the ensuing child is not genetically related to either intended parent but is genetically related to the surrogate. Gestational surrogacy on the other hand, the hiring couple’s egg and sperm have gone through in vitro fertilization and the surrogate mother is not genetically linked to the child. There are two types of surrogacy provisions; Commercial and Altruistic Surrogacy.
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It breaks the natural bond between the mother and child, it interferes and it leads to the exploitation of poor women in underdeveloped countries who sell their wombs for money. The ethical implications of surrogacy arrangements remain highly controversial because of the commercial and unregulated (in India) nature of international surrogacy and the high premium society .places on bearing children and motherhood. Commercial surrogacy puts reproductive capacity of the woman in market place which raises the question of parameters of human rights and human exploitation. However the proponents’ main argument is that “Under normal” circumstances surrogate mothers are very conscious of their decision to carry someone else's child. They are well informed and well paid. (most cases)Consequentialism, is the view that normative things depend only on consequences. The most prominent example is consequentialism about the moral rightness of acts, which holds that whether an act is morally right depends only on the consequences of that act, such is the motive behind the act or a general rule requiring acts of the same kind to achieve a greater good. The paradigm case of consequentialism is utilitarianism, whose classic proponents were Jeremy Bentham (1789), John Stuart Mill (1861), and Henry Sidgwick (1907). The principle of utility claims that an act is …show more content…
Most of the criticism of commercial surrogacy in the contemporary world is with respect to the deontological ethics. According to a deontologists, the right of an individual is said to have priority over the Good. Hence talking about surrogacy in accord with deontological ethics, surrogacy shall not prevail. Firstly, they may argue that the process of commercial surrogacy is bluntly turning women into commodities; there are instances in India and other third world countries where the women are underpaid. . The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, “the human body and its parts shall not, as such, give rise to financial gain.” Convention of Elimination of All forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) in fact, recognizes maternity as “a social function and not a commercial function”. surrogacy puts reproductive capacity of the woman in market place. This is because the removal of the act of childbearing from the idea of motherhood treats women as “objects of reproductive exchange” by effectively “renting” wombs and undervalue childbearing. India is known for its surrogacy tourism. However, surrogacy is a process, which has the potential to violate human values and dignity, exploitation of the surrogates. Secondly, With legalizing of Surrogacy, one is legitimizing unlimited power of the rich on the poor. So what if 10 among the hundered surrogates are being paid well and is satisfied with
It breaks the natural bond between the mother and child, it interferes and it leads to the exploitation of poor women in underdeveloped countries who sell their wombs for money. The ethical implications of surrogacy arrangements remain highly controversial because of the commercial and unregulated (in India) nature of international surrogacy and the high premium society .places on bearing children and motherhood. Commercial surrogacy puts reproductive capacity of the woman in market place which raises the question of parameters of human rights and human exploitation. However the proponents’ main argument is that “Under normal” circumstances surrogate mothers are very conscious of their decision to carry someone else's child. They are well informed and well paid. (most cases)Consequentialism, is the view that normative things depend only on consequences. The most prominent example is consequentialism about the moral rightness of acts, which holds that whether an act is morally right depends only on the consequences of that act, such is the motive behind the act or a general rule requiring acts of the same kind to achieve a greater good. The paradigm case of consequentialism is utilitarianism, whose classic proponents were Jeremy Bentham (1789), John Stuart Mill (1861), and Henry Sidgwick (1907). The principle of utility claims that an act is …show more content…
Most of the criticism of commercial surrogacy in the contemporary world is with respect to the deontological ethics. According to a deontologists, the right of an individual is said to have priority over the Good. Hence talking about surrogacy in accord with deontological ethics, surrogacy shall not prevail. Firstly, they may argue that the process of commercial surrogacy is bluntly turning women into commodities; there are instances in India and other third world countries where the women are underpaid. . The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, “the human body and its parts shall not, as such, give rise to financial gain.” Convention of Elimination of All forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) in fact, recognizes maternity as “a social function and not a commercial function”. surrogacy puts reproductive capacity of the woman in market place. This is because the removal of the act of childbearing from the idea of motherhood treats women as “objects of reproductive exchange” by effectively “renting” wombs and undervalue childbearing. India is known for its surrogacy tourism. However, surrogacy is a process, which has the potential to violate human values and dignity, exploitation of the surrogates. Secondly, With legalizing of Surrogacy, one is legitimizing unlimited power of the rich on the poor. So what if 10 among the hundered surrogates are being paid well and is satisfied with