Paid Gestational Surrogacy

Every day, millions of babies are conceived – an ability that I view as a wonderful gift. Unfortunately, not every woman was given an equal chance at this. Today, however, there are many different ways to go about having a child, whether it is of natural birth or by other ways like adoption or one that receives a lot of controversy which is paid gestational surrogacy. When questioning the legality of paid gestational surrogacy, I whole-heartedly agree that it should be legal. I believe that every individual should get an equal chance of having a child and starting a family. If a woman is willing to donate her womb and be paid so that another woman can be given the chance to have a child with her own embryo, then so be it. Many people worry the fact that the woman carrying the baby will not want to give it up after birth. The question of which mother truly has the right to own this baby would come up. Locke along with many other people would argue that the woman carrying it would have property because she is the one using her body and labor to carry and give birth to this baby. The things that people have to remember; however, are the facts that paid gestational surrogacy is optional and the woman willing to carry the baby is in no way forced and knows how the procedure works. As long as there are legal contracts that are signed and understood by each party, then there should be no conflict. Honestly, I admire to those woman that are willing to donate their womb, carry another person’s baby, and then give it up after birth all so that another person can be given the chance to have their own baby.