wombs for rent... anyone?

@ruthinian (2309)
United States
February 20, 2008 8:31am CST
It's getting common nowadays, couple who wanted to get pregnant go to India to seak help of a surrogate mother... for a fee. What do you think about it? Would you do it if you are desperate to have a child? Is it ethical?
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
9 May 08
I don't really agree to it. As it sounds like selling a baby. Especially the womb renter may not want to give the baby after she delivered. At the beginning she may just want to rent her womb for money. However, after the baby was born. Things will be changed. I think every mother knows this feeling very well. She will regard her baby as her own baby and she doesn't care about the money. And it will lead to a fight. I love China
ruthinian
@ruthinian (2309)
• United States
9 May 08
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
9 May 08
I don't really agree to it. As it sounds like selling a baby. Especially the womb renter may not want to give the baby after she delivered. At the beginning she may just want to rent her womb for money. However, after the baby was born. Things will be changed. I think every mother knows this feeling very well. She will regard her baby as her own baby and she doesn't care about the money. And it will lead to a fight. I love China
ruthinian
@ruthinian (2309)
• United States
9 May 08
Actually here in the US, it's becoming very popular. And there are legal aspects to it. The sorrogate mothers know the legalities of what they are doing and they would sign a contract for it so there is no way that the sorrogate mothers will not give the baby to the real mother. Besides, she will not be considered as the real mother of the baby because the baby's genes or the fetus itself comes from another woman's egg and the husband's sperm, that couple is the real parent of the baby but the sorrogate mother's womb will only be the place where the fetus will grow because the real mother is not capable of having it in her own womb. This may really sound very complicated specially for Asian women, but here in the US it's as common as catching colds.