In this paper we examine the questions “What does it mean to be a surrogate mother?” and “What would be an appropriate perspective for a surrogate mother to have on her pregnancy?” In response to the objection that such contracts are alienating or dehumanising since they require women to suppress their evolving perspective on their pregnancies, liberal supporters of surrogate motherhood argue t...

STUDY QUESTION What impact does surrogacy have on the surrogates' own children? SUMMARY ANSWER The children of surrogate mothers do not experience any negative consequences as a result of their mother's decision to be a surrogate, irrespective of whether or not the surrogate uses her own egg. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE AND DURATION Participants were recruited as part of a study of the long-term eff...

Surrogacy, as we know it today, has only been around for the last 30 years. At same time Dasharatham is a 1989 Malayalam Indian dramatic film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed Sibi Malayil. Its movie born before time. Anni central character who surrogate mother. We analysis emotional suffering of mother based on “Dasharatham” . The study conducted Tehran, Tashi, Mehran, Eskandari, & ...

In the UK, surrogacy procedures are unregulated and not monitored. Information concerning the selection and assessment of intended (the mother commissioning) and surrogate mothers (the mother carrying and delivering the baby) is therefore not generally available (BMA, 1996). It is important to determine what type of assessment is used, and how selection takes place within the organizations deal...

The aim of this article is to establish whether there is anything intrinsically immoral about surrogacy arrangements from the perspective of the surrogate mother herself. Specific attention is paid to the claim that surrogacy is similar to prostitution in that it reduces women 's reproductive labour to a form of alienated and/or dehumanised labour.

This article examines the content and scope of European Court Human Rights’s first advisory opinion as regards practice cross-border surrogacy in Europe. While concerns recognition legal parentage an intended mother, this considers whether reasoning could be applied to male couples who avail surrogacy. It is argued that non-genetically related father couple a directly comparable position mother...

The challenge of the case presented was threefold: congenital absent uterus (Mayer-Rokitansky-KustnerHauser syndrome), a request for surrogacy, and teratozoospermia in the husband (6% normal morphology according to the Tygerberg strict criteria). Surrogacy was dealt with by means of guidelines proposed by the SA Law Commission after a surrogate mother was found. The gestational carrier was sync...

The aim of this article is to establish whether there is anything intrinsically immoral about surrogacy arrangements from the perspective of the surrogate mother herself. Specific attention is paid to the claim that surrogacy is similar to prostitution in that it reduces women's reproductive labour to a form of alienated and/or dehumanized labour.

Background: There has been little interest in the research literature on public opinions regarding assisted conception and surrogacy, particularly in Iran. Nevertheles, the growing evidence shows that problems in adaptation and coping may be related to perceived normative values. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, questionnaires on attitudes to surrogacy were completed by 187...