Reformed Perspectives Magazine, Volume 8, Number 17, April 23 to April 29, 2006
Considering Gestational Surrogacy:
medical exam Marvel or Parent Trap?
By Kelli Buzzard
Introduction
At 37 and 35 respectively, Karen and Cal 1 have been actively arduous to have a
baby since their honeymoon. Now seven years and as many miscarriages later, they
feel the weariness many childless couples have a go at it all too well. One day while chatting with
her unity 34 year-old infant, Katie, Karen casually asks if Katie would ever consider
carrying a baby for them. Katie is taken aback and quickly inquires as to what carrying
a baby means. Her sister explains that she means surrogate motherhood, a scenario
whereby Karen and Cal provide the genetic substantial and Katie the womb.
The term surrogate mother conjures for Karen vague memories of the 1980s
court troth over Baby M. 2 Besides she knows very atomic astir(predicate) surrogate motherhood
or really, any of the reproductive technologies associated with surrogacy. Although
move to the core by what feels like simultaneously an indecent proposal and an
honoring request, Karen decides she really needs more information about the issue to
make an informed choice. This sends her on an exploratory transit of reproductive
technology. To begin, she opens a medical ethics textbook and goes from there.
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1
This is a square(a) model, however all names have been changed.
2
The real case alluded to here, which can be further investigated in the book, Sacred
Bond: the legacy of Baby M by Phyllis Chesler, First Vintage Books, 1998) involved
moneymaking(prenominal) surrogate motherhood; whereby the surrogates ova are joined with the
fathers sperm ex utero and then the embryo is implanted in her uterus. This differs from
gestational surrogacy, scarcely is nonetheless a very well known surrogacy case, possibly
the wizard most publicized surrogacy case that involved legal contracts and the
telephone exchange of money for surrogacy services.
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