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and Sarah have a child by Sarah’s maidservant Hagar (NIV Genesis 16:1-4). So surrogacy in its most basic form—a woman birthing a child for another person of couple—is not a new concept. However, it is prohibited or void and unenforceable in five states. What is it about modern surrogacy that do people not like? What even is modern surrogacy? There are two types of surrogacy: traditional and gestational. Traditional surrogacy is a contractual situation in which a woman becomes impregnated, by artificial

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Gestational surrogacy and egg donation are largely unregulated in the United States because of the way the issues were approached. To explain, because surrogacy and egg donations were seen as a means for providing children to those who cannot have any of their own, the procedure was seen as medicine. As it is seen as medicine, the cases were treated as individual agreements between the patient and doctor. Because this was not an experimentation, there was no need for the procedure to go through the

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behavior. Though it is impossible for these legislative decisions to please every single individual in a society, these governs are passed in morality of the thousands of elected parties in charge. Commercial surrogacy is a current complex issue that evokes strong moralistic response. Commercial surrogacy takes away the childbearing element in the reproductive period for individuals looking to have or extend a family. It has opened the doors for many who cannot bear children of their own though this behavior

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SurrogacyTragically, many women who want to have children, simply cannot. The women who decide that they still want children generally are left with two different options: adoptions or surrogacy. Those who want to have a biological connection to one, or both, parents, sometimes turn to surrogacy as an alternative to surrogacy (Glazer 98). What is surrogacy? Surrogacy is the process by which a woman carries a child conceived (through donor insemination or in virto fertilization (IVF)) with her

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Motherhood and TechnologySurrogacy: The Technology Reproductive technologies have a lot to do with the theology of the family. One aspect of reproductive technology deals with the issue of pregnancy for profit. This concept is known as surrogacy, and it is used for procreation. Ten to fifteen percent of married couples are unable to have children of their own.1 A surrogate mother is a woman who carries the child, usually for an infertile couple. Surrogacy has been around for a long

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definition, it is a course ofaction that goes outside natural reproduction. Althoughsurrogacy was first brought up in the bible it is only untilrecently that it has actually become an issue for criticismand debate. Factors such as the growth of infertility inmodern society, coupled with the declining number ofchildren available for adoption, and the development ofsurrogacy contract and commercial surrogacy agencies in1976, have resulted in increasing publicity and publicinterest in the formation

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different factors that may lead to exploitation and finally considering what could be done to prevent exploitation. According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Surrogacy is the process in which another women carries and gives birth to a baby for the couple who want to have a child. Surrogacy is an option for those with a medical condition that makes it

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Birth control and contraceptive methods used today are a hot topic and issue of debate inpolitics and within the church. Often times the church won’t even touch the issue for fear ofoffending or just simply not knowing how to handle the issue at all. With so many strongopinions on each side and organizations such as Planned Parenthood claiming that the allwomen are entitled to any method of contraception and abortion should be made legal, it isbecoming more and more difficult to educate our

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of surrogacy, traditional and gestational. The traditional type of surrogacy involves the surrogate mother being (AI) artificially inseminated with the sperm of the intended father or sperm from a donor when the sperm count is low. In either case the surrogate’s own egg will be used. Genetically the surrogate becomes the mother of the resulting child (Storey). Although there are two different types of surrogacy, a traditional surrogacy is rarely seen or done anymore. In gestational surrogacy, the

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for their children. However, pregnancy does not necessarily come easy to everyone. Due to certain health issues, some women are incapable of conceiving and/or carrying a child. Couples have a few options if pregnancy continues to be a struggle. Surrogacy, a controversial but yet popular alternative, allows people to have their dreams come true at a costly rate. Although many alternatives

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