Essays on Surrogacy

Surrogacy, or what many would call “womb renting”, is an increasingly apparent practice where women lend their bodies to undergo pregnancy and give birth to a baby (The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, 2017). This bodily service is usually rendered with a monetary fee….

Introduction Surrogacy, according to Lasker, is a type of assisted reproduction in which a female agrees to bear a child for another woman or a couple. In many cases, surrogacy is the alternative method for single parents or spouses with reproductive health challenges to raise…

What is a surrogacy? Surrogacy is “a person or thing acting as a substitute and a surrogate mother is a woman who by contract agrees to bear a child for someone else”. (Dr. D.S. Bhullar) The medical definition of surrogate mother is “a woman who…

The Gift of a Life Recently the New York Times reported on the state of birth surrogacy in India. Currently, there is a $400 million international surrogacy market in India. The majority of surrogacy in India involves foreign women paying an Indian woman a sum…

As science and knowledge progresses and new technologies are developed, new ways of conceiving and bringing human life into this world have scientifically advanced; this is with the help of assisted reproductive technology (ART), that includes IVF, Surrogacy and human cloning. These technologies have had…