Persuasive Essay On Surrogacy Should Not Be Banned

A surrogate is a substitute; a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office, according to dictionary.reference.com. In the terms of motherhood, surrogate mothers are women who get paid to carry and deliver babies for people who cannot conceive children, otherwise known as commercial surrogacy. Many people who want to get children out of the process of surrogacy are homosexual couples, or couples that can not have children. But, most countries have banned surrogacy. Surrogacy should not be banned. Surrogacy can be done independently, meaning the couple or individual that wants a child may have a family member, or friend offer to become the surrogate, which could reduce the cost of the procedure greatly. But, if you were to want to have surrogacy independently it is very important that both the surrogate and the parents of the child obtain legal advice before agreeing or signing any contracts. Signing a contract may help reduce conflict during the process. If you do not want to surrogate independently, there are also

Traditional surrogacy is when a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated by the intended father or anonymous donor and carries the baby full term. With the traditional way, the offspring would be related to the father and the surrogate mother. Gestational surrogacy is when the egg is removed from the intended mother or anonymous donor and fertilized sperm of intended father, or again an anonymous donor. The fertilized egg is then transferred to a surrogate who carries the baby to term, then the baby is related to the egg and sperm donor and not at all to the surrogate mother. Traditional surrogacy is more controversial than gestational, due to the biological relationship between the surrogate and child and can complicate facts of parental rights or validity of the surrogacy agreement are challenged. Most states prohibit traditional surrogacy, due to these