Persuasive Essay On Surrogacy

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For many people, having a child is the ultimate dream. Sharing their love and raising a family can truly make their lifetime picture complete. Unfortunately, however, for some, the inability to have children can be extremely terrible and devastating to their future arrangements. The uplifting news is that by using the services of a surrogate mother, these couples and individuals can still have the kids that they desire, oftentimes with gene characteristics from one or both parents. The child in conceived with the woman egg and man’s sperm, the surrogate only carries the baby for 9 months and gives birth to the child. Regardless of the growing number of surrogate babies born every year, there continue to be many controversies and debates surrounding surrogacy, especially with the involvement and attachment of the gestational mother, the identity of the child and surrogacy being thought of as a luxury, not a chance to fulfil couple's dreams. But next to all these issues, surrogacy still continues to be popular as a way to make someone’s dream of having a …show more content…
Issues might arise with the gestational mother not detaching herself from the child, or wanting too much or too little involvement in the child life, depending on the parents’ wishes. The surrogate goes through an emotional process as do the parents whose child she is carrying and thus consequences may happen and everything does not always go smoothly. To add to that, a very talked about ethical issue is that surrogacy is being thought of as a luxury, but comes up is that it is actually a business in many parts of the world using women as almost like machines to make a profit. That kind of tragic things make people wonder why couples do not adopt and start comparing the ups and downs of both, marking yet another issue. All in all, surrogacy is still used worldwide despite the controversy and ethical issue that are surrounding

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