Consequences Of A Surrogate Mother's Emotional Attachment

When someone creates an emotional attachment to someone, or something, it becomes very difficult for that person to give it up. That person starts feeling responsible for that “subject” after he/she spend days and nights taking care of it. The person strives for the subjects well being and expects it to yield properly. When a woman goes through the process of pregnancy, she endures a lot of difficulties relating to her health and of the fetus. She strives for the well being of the baby, which leads to her emotional attachment with the baby. I argue that there should not be contracts that separate surrogate mothers from their biological children. The woman who goes through the process of pregnancy understands the well being of the child better than anyone else.
There are two reasons why it is immoral for a society to have surrogating mothers give up their children by the use of contracts. First, becoming a mother …show more content…
This is a case of a surrogate mother who refused to give up her child after birth. This woman, Mary Whitehead, signed a contract with William Stern, whose sperm was to be used in conceiving the baby, which state that after birth she would have to surrender the baby to him. The contract stated that after the process of pregnancy was complete, the mother of the child would receive up to $10,000. The wife of William Stern would adopt the baby and become her mother. After giving birth to a baby girl, Mary Whitehead claimed that she created a bond with the baby during pregnancy and stated that she could not live without her. Therefore, the Sterns allowed her to keep the baby for one week, however, she ended up running away with her to Florida. When the Sterns found out where she had taken the baby, they took the the matter to court. The court ended up deciding that since there was a contract involved in this case, they awarded the child to the Sterns with visiting rights to Ms