Surrogacy: Should It Be Legal Or Not?
Nohelia Chire
West Coast University
Abstract
This paper argues that surrogacy should be allowed and made legal. This paper will focus on three main reasons supporting the legalization of surrogacy. Two opposing views will be offered and refuting with supporting experts and facts. Surrogacy has been an ongoing debated topic for many years. Arguments stem from bioethical issues and others from legality and court cases. Others argue for the well being of a woman unable to produce her own offspring or cases involving same sex couples. This paper will go further into the depths of those arguments.
Surrogacy: Should It Be Legal Or Not?
In Fall of 2014, a gay couple in England were expecting to father three babies from three separate surrogates simultaneously. This means that three different women were inseminated within weeks of each other. In an interview, they said they had been wanting to have a family for 15 years and since accomplishing their goal, they feel very “overjoyed” (Arnold & Wilkes, 2015). Mr. Harris, who is a computer programmer, and Mr. Lee, who is a dentist, have always feared being unable to have children due to their same-sex relationship. They had looked into adoption previously, but were inspired by Elton John and his partner to look into surrogacy. They are aware that their relationship is not of the norm and unconventional and are motivated to bring up their family with a lot of love and a stable environment. Despite their inability as a same-sex couple to procreate with each other, surrogacy gave them the opportunity to create their family. Surrogacy should remain legal.
Surrogacy dates back to the Old Testament days between 2000 and 1550 BC (Fletcher, 2006). Sarah, who was married to Abraham, was not able to conceive a child. She had a slave named Hagar and gifted her to Abraham so they could have a child. There is also another identical case in the bible, but with Rachel who gives her servant,...