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Traditional surrogacy
Gestational surrogacy
Traditional Surrogacy
Partial or genetic contracted motherhood
• Using artificial insemination: gestational
mother is impregnated with the sperm of the
commissioning father
PROS CONS
PROS
• It allows couples who want a family but who
were prevented from having one by infertility to
have a child
– Medical conditions: damaged ovaries (endometriosis,
destroyed ovaries, menopause, severe ovulatory
disorders, genetic disorders)
• It does not harm both parties if arrangement
does not harm either
• Children are not conceived for their own sakes,
but for another’s benefit
CONS
• surrogacy arrangements are in reality contracts
for the purchase of a child
• surrogate arrangements depersonalize
reproduction
• create a separation of genetic, gestational, and
social parenthood
• right to be a parent must be intuitive and deeply
rooted
Great similarity between
gestational commercial
surrogacy and organ
transplant marketing
Despite claims to freedom
of choice, surrogacy is a
form of prostitution and
slavery, exploitation of
the poor and needy by
those who are better off
Women are frequently
reduced to biological
capacity.
Can anyone predict the emotions associated with
relinquishing a child?
Cursed?
Abraham allowed Sarah to lead him astray
Outcome: suffering and disappointment
Tension, heartache, and hatred bet the women