Thea Tran Professor Brutlag Genomics and Medicine The idea of surrogacy has been around for a long time Chapter 16 of the Book of Genesis Attorney Noel Keane teamed with Dr Warren J Ringold to start the first surrogacy clinic 1981 female infertility medical issues single male female wants to have children homosexual couples who cannot adopt because of legal issues healthy female who does not want to go through labor delivery 10 16 eggs are acquired from a woman Risks of egg donor include excessive bleeding 10 su er from Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome early menopause increased risk of ovarian cancer a bad reaction to the hormones used to bring about hyperovulation Genetic mother traditional method the mother is pregnant with her biological child but it is intended that the child will be raised by others sexual intercourse artificial insemination intracervical insemination Gestational surrogacy host method woman becomes pregnant through an embryo transfer more popular Altruistic surrogacy mother receives no financial award Commercial surrogacy surrogate mother is paid surrogate mothers are carefully examined relatives friends strangers some agencies require surrogate mothers are required to be married and have children of their own surrogate agencies help set up a legal agreement between mothers who will be surrogates for a fee and another party handle the medical legal aspects price of the procedure 75 000 90 000 payment a surrogate mother receives 25 000 50 000 This method is banned in some European countries and highly controlled in the U S PlanetHospital send 100 couples to India in 2008 India the practice of surrogacy has been legal since 2002 and is becoming an industry Cost for the whole procedure is 25 000 1 3 of the price in America Most Indian women don t smoke drink or do drugs to minimize the chance of prenatal and postnatal complications risks common in natural pregnancies hyperovulation syndrome diabetes high blood pressure fetal reduction multiple pregnancies mother under 35 years old gestational surrogacy risk of hepatitis or AIDs babies that are born from surrogate mothers are often underweight and are more likely to have abnormalities emotional problems may arise print name of parents on birth certificate before birth California no law that directly addresses surrogacy several cases have been presented to the court rule based on intent of the parties Colorado no laws and no published cases Exploitation rich foreigners renting a womb of poor Indian can also be seen as two people helping each other out surrogate mothers aren t paid enough in India surrogate mothers usually do NOT have di culty giving away a child there are methods to prevent a surrogate mother from becoming too emotionally attached it seems it s always rich white couples playing for the services of poor young women surrogacy seems to perpetuate the commodification of white children Miriam Erez PubMed Foreign Couples turn to India for Surrogate Mothers New York Times http www nytimes com 2008 03 04 world asia 04iht mother 1 10690283 html http www surromomsonline com http en wikipedia org wiki Surrogacy http family law lawyers com paternity The Uniform Parentage Actof 2002 html http www newlifeagency com company index cfm http www pbs org independentlens frozenangels makingbabies html http www issuesinmedicalethics org 171co28 http bioethics com p 559 Images google com
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