Surrogate motherhood

The obsession with drawing women back to their bodies is only heightened when taken into the context of celebrities who are pregnant or who just had a baby. We are obsessed with who is pregnant, who is showing and inevitably whose life is changing and transforming due to the arrival of the “all – miraculous, all coveted baby” (Nelson, 2015, p. 109). Immediately after a celebrity gives birth the focus is even more so on the body with an even more critical lens. The obsession is transformed into how

the least number of people is otherwise. From the utilitarian stance, surrogacy may be morally right because the intended parents receive a much-desired child. In the case of commercial surrogacy, the surrogate mother receives a reward in form of payment, and in altruistic surrogacy, the surrogate (who acts voluntarily) gives the “gift of new life” (Saxena, Mishra & Malik, 2012). If a surrogacy is to unfold smoothly, then from a utilitarian stance, it is good; as the greater numbers of people are

The concept of having children for other people is not a new idea, in fact it happens in the Bible. In Genesis 16, Abraham and Sarah have a child by Sarah’s maidservant Hagar (NIV Genesis 16:1-4). So surrogacy in its most basic form—a woman birthing a child for another person of couple—is not a new concept. However, it is prohibited or void and unenforceable in five states. What is it about modern surrogacy that do people not like? What even is modern surrogacy? There are two types of surrogacy:

the Bible’s commandment, some wish to evade constant questions regarding children, others simply wish to become a mother to fit into the role they picture themselves in, and taking advantage of these treatments is a last resort for some to achieve motherhood (Kahn 2000:17). However, it is important to recognize that, as explained by a rabbi, “she is not obligated to procreate… the obligation to procreate only falls on the man” (Kahn 2000:57). Despite the male obligation to reproduce, women are still

Nevertheless, by stating that these women cannot be empowered by making the decision of becoming a surrogate mother would be taking away their agency. Empowerment takes many shapes and forms, but overall, empowerment is solely up to the individual. For women such as Aasia, she felt empowered by making a decision to be a surrogate mother without consulting with her husband. She chose not to tell him because she knew he would discourage her from going through with

Maternity is now divisible into genetic, gestational, and social motherhood, and these roles can be spread among a number of women. This division is most apparent in the case of surrogate mothers, where at least three (and possibly as many as five) women can attempt to claim parental rights over a child. “If Mrs. A is infertile and Mrs. B agrees to provide ova to be fertilized

performed, they are different in the resulting definitions of kinships of involving patients (Thompson, p. 177). In vitro fertilization is fertilization of eggs with sperm in a petri dish to be later transferred to the egg donor or to a different surrogate. Gestational surrogacy, though involves IVF by

fascination with the Gothic and the sublime. In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein’s cousin and fiancée Elizabeth combines Charlotte and Gretchen into one character. Like Charlotte, the deaths of her maternal influences force Elizabeth to become a surrogate mother to her young cousin William. Victor also idealizes Elizabeth in the way Werther worships Charlotte, describing how, “Since the death of her aunt . . . she felt that the most imperious duty of rendering her uncle and cousins happy, had devolved

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, men do not hate women, in fact, the author shows women’s oppression and physical abuse are rooted in the society. For instance, wearing burqa symbolized the beginning of women’s oppression in the Islamic culture. In the novel, Rasheed says, ‘“I’m a different breed of man, Mariam. Where I come from, one wrong look, one proper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a woman’s face is her husband’s business only. I want you to remember that. Do you understand?”’

Below are the 3 chosen topics and the responses to them: Surrogacy in Motherhood: Surrogacy is defined as the method or agreement whereby a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person or persons, who will become the newborn child's parent(s) after birth. The controversies that surround this are mainly directed at 2 main points : Whether surrogacy in ethical or commercial. Procreation of life is the single most greatest phenomenon nature has bestowed upon women. However, not all couples