Subrogated Motherhood Is A Moral Dilemma

Subrogated motherhood is a moral dilemma

Subrogated motherhood is a moral dilemma, which has invaded intensively in political, social and media discussion debates. Subrogated motherhood or also known as "rental belly" is that a woman lends her belly to grow the son of another couple, product that she cannot have children for various reasons such as fertility problems, a single woman or asame sex couple. Therefore, despite the controversy, they argue that surrogacy is a free and voluntary act that benefits both parties involved.

There are many positions on surrogacy, both against and in favor, however, there are many advantages that subrogation offers, among them, it is a possibility of forming families for those who have the desire to be parents and for various reasons notthey can. This technique is a free and voluntary act, which is done under the consent of both parties and in the case of homosexual couples, single men and women. This substitute pregnancy practice is a good option for those who want to have a baby considering that adoption is very complicated and the process can last years.

As for the controversy, there are people who are against this practice referring to surrogacy as a child traffic, they also point out that the woman’s body becomes an object, the desire to be a father is mercantilized and that he hasA very high cost of money. They point out that this practice is not legalized in Chile, therefore, they must travel to countries where this method is legal to find a pregnant woman and this can cause serious problems when registering the baby in the country of origin of thecouple that goes to this method.

Because of this, they establish that the best option is adoption since surrogacy is not legalized in many countries.

Despite these different positions, it is very important to put themselves in the place of those people who cannot have children and that if they have chosen the subrogation method it is because they are people who have tried to adopt a baby, but they are still waiting for years or also comeTo this option for various medical problems. Because of this is that subrogated motherhood should be legalized, since this technique is a good alternative to achieve other forms of access to motherhood and paternity.

In Chile there is no legalization of surrogacy, however, in 2017 a law proposal was delivered, in which this technique of surrogacy is expected to authorize the purpose of fighting infertility and being able to help couplesor people who cannot conceive. Because of this, Chile is expected to reflect on the issue as they have done in other countries such as Canada, the United States, Russia, Portugal or Mexico.

Finally, due to the great debate on subrogated motherhood, this law proposal is expected to be carried out and that this replaced gestation technique is legalized in Chile in order to authorize this method to give the possibility of people who have someDifficulty having children and, as for the law, it must be regulated by maintaining that surrogacy is a free and voluntary act that benefits both parties involved.