Surrogacy

"It is more blessed to give than to than to receive."

Parenthood is one of the most challenging responsibilities a human being can ever bear. It is also one of the biggest joys a family can experience. But when a couple is unable to bear children, there can be a lot of pain and confusion. Usually, they have little choice: either to adopt a child, or live without children.Sometimes, couples choose to turn to different avenues in order to have the family of their dreams. While adoption is a great choice for some, many couples have also started looking foranother option : surrogacy, or surrogate maternity.Surrogacy is a well known method of reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving birth to a child she will not raise but hand over to a contracted party.

The main causes of women choose to be surrogate mothers are poverty and kind human being, and its result in physical and mental effects to the surrogate mother.An average man that is uneducated will normally be paid approximately USD $50 per month of work.In India, surrogacy is becoming a growing business and is recently becoming very popular. A woman is averagely paid from around USD $5000 to USD $7000 to carry a child of another couple. (N.Patel, n.d.) Comparing from $50 per month and $5000 for 9 months of carrying a child, the math speaks for itself which of the two can earn more money. Being a surrogacy isn’t always about money and getting paid for it, sometimes people would also do it out of their kind heart.

Surrogacy is a complex and contentious moral and ethical issue across global cultures. Religions naturally have views on procreation, because the spiritual laws guiding human life are their domain. Religious views on surrogacy vary from complete prohibition to acceptance.

Christianity : . The Catholic Catechism states that a child is a gift not a right, and that surrogacy is "gravely immoral" because a third party comes between the "one flesh" principle that unites husband and wife.

Judaism : Judaism also has a spectrum of attitudes toward surrogacy. Orthodox and Conservative rabbis take the view that using another person as an incubator is degrading and devalues motherhood. In Judaism there is an obligation to remove this suffering through surrogacy as long as nobody is harmed in the process.

Islam: IslamMuslim scholars approach it from the perspective of shariah law. Some Muslim scholars claim it is akin to adulter.. It also means that the child has no legal lineage, making him or her illegitimate.However, other Muslim thinkers claim that surrogacy is permissible.

Buddhism: Buddhism totally accepts surrogacy. This may be because Buddhism, unlike Christianity, Judaism and Islam, doesn't make procreation a moral duty.

Hinduism:. Hindus permit artificial insemination using the husband's sperm, but not that of an unknown donor, because the child would not know its lineage. Surrogacy is rarely used by Hindus, but surrogacy clinics are a booming industry in India.

Surrogate Motherhood is something that not many people actually support, even though it “is one of the many reproductive techniques that have enabled infertile couples to have children.”