Assignment 2
According to the American Medical Association:
Ethical, social, and legal problems may arise in surrogacy arrangements. Surrogate
motherhood may commodify children and women’s reproductive capacities, exploit
poor women whose decision to participate may not be wholly voluntary, and improperly
discourage or interfere with the formation of a natural maternal-fetal or maternal-child
bond. Psychological impairment may occur in a woman who deliberately conceives with
the intention of bearing a child which she will give up.
American Medical Association, Updated June 1999.
Legal since 2002, gestational surrogacy is thriving in more than 1,000 clinics in India. According to a
World Bank report, the commercial surrogacy industry in that country will reach $2.5 billion by 2020.
State and describe at least three (3) ethical, social, or legal problems that may arise in
surrogacy arrangements. Consider exploitation of women in poor circumstances in the U.S. or
abroad.
