Surrogacy

• another woman has a baby for a couple who cannot have a child themselves
• Traditional- Surrogate is biological mother
• Gestational- surrogate is not related
• Full parental rights are only gave following a parental order
• Both are legal in the Uk but cannot pay
• Benefits

  • last resort for some couples
  • same sex couples
  • infertility is an illness
  • "Be fruitful and multiply"
• Identity Issues- who will the child regard as the mother
• Ownership

  BabyM- Surrogate keeps child
• Disability

  the couple no longer want child and is forced abortion
• Treat life as a commodity

  that life can be bought and sold
• All children are made imago dei- therefore all children are 'good' no matter how they are made
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights- our human right to marry and have a family