Surrogate Mothers
By zandi458
@zandi458 (28102)
Malaysia
July 10, 2008 11:30pm CST
The numbers of babies available for adoption is always far smaller than the demand, resulting in much sadness among childless couples who want to offer a loving home but are rejected by the official adoption agencies. In these circumstances, at least a small part of the gap could be closed by the use of surrogate mothers, i.e. women who, in effect, rent out their womb to produce a baby for the couple paying them. Will you think the surrogate mother has any legal binding for bringing a child to this world through this route, should she in the end changed her mind and decided to keep the baby. Can the parents who provide the sperm claim parental rights? The child is left in a legal limbo, a tussle between the surrogate mother and the parties having interest in it.
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@Hayley_N (525)
• Argentina
12 Jul 08
I would consider it with a loving friend or relative. I wouldn't get involved with a stranger... too risky. You never know how you're going to feel until you're in it and if the surrogate is a stranger, things could get ugly.
Personally, I would adopt. A mother who needs child and a child who needs a mother...it's a good match.
Good luck.
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Surrogacy in this country, is far more expensive than adoption. Being an adoptive parent myself, I would hope that any infertile couple will carefully weigh each and every option available to them outside of having biological children of their own.
As for as the legal ramifications are concerned, a surrogate mother may only have legal grounds if she is also the egg donor. Many surrogates only serve as incubators for a mother's egg and father's sperm, and in that case, would really have no legal claim on the child she bore. This would be the most desirable form of surrogacy and infertile couples who are eligible for this type of surrogacy should consider a family member or close friend in order to keep the costs down since surrogacy can cost up to seventy or eighty thousand dollars.
There are other countries, like India now that are offering surrogacy programs for infertile couples world-wide. The cost of these programs are far less expensive and the surrogate mothers use the money they earn to help support their own families.
