The next objection of IVF separating the procreation and marital aspects of marriage and in the end damaging the marital relationship was totally untrue in this case. This couple had a very strong relationship and going through the process of gestational surrogacy strengthen their martial relationship as opposed to damaging it. The last objection of adoption is a better answer to the trouble of childlessness may very well be true for a lot of people. One cannot argue the fact that there are a lot of children out there that need to have good homes and there are many couples that could benefit tremendously from this avenue. But in the case of the couple in this article the idea of having a biological child was something that was very strong from them, thus making the path that they took the best one for them.
IVF, just like many other things in life, is a personal choice that people should be able to make without having to feel that they are stepping on someone's toes because they don't agree with it. There are many things in life that are right for some people and completely wrong fro someone else. People need to be given...
No one should have these kind of decisions made for them.
In the case of the couple in this article IVF and gestational surrogacy were the right options for them. This was also the right choice for the surrogate mom who carried their unborn child and gave them the opportunity to be biological parents. At one point in the article the author referred to this as something like organ donation and in a way it really is. In the case of organ donations many people's lives are saved everyday. In the case of gestational surrogacy, the surrogate mother is donating her womb so that a life can be produced. This created a happy ending for everyone who was involved.
References
Kuczynski, Alex. 2008. "Her Body, My Baby." Web. 5 July 2011. <
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/magazine/30Surrogate-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1>
Singer, Peter. IVF: The Simple Case. Biomedical Ethics. By Degrazia, David, Mappes,
Thomas A. And Brand-Ballard, Jeffrey. 2010. 7th ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill. 2010.
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