The Prevalent Issues Of Surrogate Parenting

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The Prevalent Issues Of Surrogate Parenting

The Prevalent Issues of Surrogate Parenting
Surrogate parenting refers to an arrangement between a married couple
who is unable to have a child because of the wifes infertility and a
fertile woman who agrees to conceive the husbands child through
artificial insemination, carry it to term, then surrender all parental
rights in the child. Often, the surrogate mother receives compensation
for her services. The final step in the process is typically the
fathers acknowledgment of paternity and adoption, with his wife, of
the child. Through surrogate motherhood, a couple desiring a child
need not wait an indefinite number of years for an adoptable baby, as
generally happens at the present time. The married couple obtains a
child who is the husbands biological offspring- a child for whose
existence both husband and wife can feel responsible.
Surrogate parenting is highly controversial by its very nature.
Nevertheless, surrogate parenting is attracting wide spread attention
as a viable alternative for infertile couples intent on having a child.
Contract surrogacy is officially little more than ten years old,
although surrogate mothering is a practice that has been known since
biblical times. In 1986 alone 500 babies had been born to mothers who
gave them up to sperm donor fathers for a fee, and the practice is
growing rapidly.
For this reason there are many questions and doubts that arise from
this subject. Often there are many legal difficulties that come about
with surrogate parenting. In some states the contracts that insure the
infertile couple the baby of the surrogate mother mean nothing. This,
in turn, can cause huge problems if the surrogate mother were to change
her mind about giving up her child. Who has the rights to the child in
this awful situation? Surrogate parenting is a wonderful alternative
for infertile couples as long as all partys involved are educated on
the subject and are fully aware of the pros and cons of this risky
business transaction.
Unfortunately laws on surrogate parenting arent very helpful.
Increasing numbers of surrogate custody cases are finding their way
into the courtrooms. The most dramatic problem arises when the
surrogate mother decides she wants to keep the baby.Whether she decides
early or late in the pregnancy, at birth, or after the child is born,
the ultimate issue is whether she or the infertile couple have parental
rights.
How is the...

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