The article “Wombs for Rent” is written by Sarmishta Subramanian, a managing editor for Maclean's Magazine. Subramanian is a senior editor for magazines and therefore, the level of expertise isn’t particularly strong but she has knowledge on the topic by doing research. Surrogacy for paying the poor to have children incorrect when both sides have an advantage . Surrogacy is when a women carries and gives birth to a baby for another woman who wants to have a child. Surrogacy is a very common thing that happens in western culture. The intended audience for this article is general audience and international audience . Also, surrogate and infertile mothers. This is an example of a research article because it has many research done to prove …show more content…
a point. Surrogacy has a positive impact on surrogate mothers and infertile mothers because it secures surrogate mothers financial future,money helps surrogate mothers to educate their children, and surrogacy saves infertile mothers relationship. Subramanian states that Surrogacy, helps surrogate mothers as it provides money and secures the financial future of surrogate mothers and their families.
According to Wombs for Rent “ She got pregnant for a South African couple so she can afford her own home for the sake of her children’’. This shows that since Deepali was a surrogate mother for a couple in South Africa. She was able to give something to them which they needed help for and in return she got money which was able to save her from losing her home. Being able to have a home is important because it makes her feel safe and give her an opportunity to live a happy life and have the basic needs is important aspect of survival. Also, according to the article “ Universal public education doesn’t exist in India and her children like many kids from impoverished families would simply be put to work early were if not their mothers well paying contract”. This shows that money helps surrogate mothers to educate their children. Since in India education isn't free and money is needed to pay in order to go to school. If Daksa is a surrogate mother it will help her to pay the fee for her children so her children can go to school. Surrogacy will benefit Daksa because her job earning is very little as to how much she can earn from being a surrogate mother to pay for her children's education for a good
future. Secondly, Subramanian states that surrogacy raises economic development of the country. According to Wombs for Rent “She has helped launch a national boom estimated at $200 million around a process that raises ethical question”. This shows that Dr. Patel who has began seeking paid surrogates from India for couples in Canada, USA, Japan, etc which raises the economy in India. Dr.Patel has created a gainful and a very desirable career for so many woman from villages, towns, or even just anywhere across India which get paid for being surrogate mothers. Also, according to the article “ Even infertility, Dr Patel says was not viewed as a very promising specialization until recently ; colleagues warned her there wasn't much future in it’’. This shows that the people didn’t think that infertility would work and help. Even something as in reproductive tourism alone is making a lot of business. In the US it would be an estimated $ 440 million . There are so many clinics which are offering IVF such as egg donation and surrogacy which are happening around in Delhi , Mumbai,Indore,and Assam. Thirdly, Subramanian states that surrogacy is illegal . According to Wombs for Rent “Where those pursuing surrogacy in the US or Canada can spend upwards of $20,000 the Korean American couple encountered surrogate fees alone of US $50,000’ at home Indian surrogacy can be accomplished for $5000 to $10,000”. This shows that surrogacy in other countries are very costly and that's why it is illegal. If surrogacy is happening in India then it can be legal because it's not as costly as countries such as US, Canada,Japan etc. Also, According to the article “ In Conclusion , “Wombs for Rent” is a very strong article because much/concrete research was done to support Subramanian’s arguments about surrogate mothers and infertile mothers. Yes the article would be recommend to surrogate and single mothers in order to gain understanding in uncommon knowledge. As a result,this knowledge can be applied into the real world if mothers become single, surrogate, or infertile. Also, this article would be recommended to students because if they want to go into a program or field in that line which they may find interesting . Students who are interested in knowing about the topic can read it as well to gain knowledge on the topic and be an expert . The author did have weaknesses because their were many strong arguments on the positives of surrogacy but less on the negatives of surrogacy. It would have been better if there was a balance of both sides instead of showing the positives weighing the negatives.
Hook. Background. In her memoir, Call the Midwife, Jennifer Worth portrays the bodies of working-class women, such as Mary and Conchita, as a mere objects for sexual pleasure and the production children to emphasize their tragic loss of autonomy and social mobility.
Perhaps the first thing one must consider is why there are increasing numbers of poor women having children out of wedlock. One explanation of this concept that Edin and Kefalas use is that the poor women view raising their own child as a sense of accomplishment. For instance, they explain “in the social world inhabited by poor women, a baby born into such conditions represents an opportunity to prove one 's worth.” (11.3). Essentially, the women of a low social class view their children as an opportunity for success. It represents a sense of hope and fulfillment that the mother feels when she has a child. Also, interestingly enough, women of a poor class viewed “marriage as a luxury” (11.2). There are also reasons that involve a sense of fear in control. For instance, Edin and Kefalas explain that “poor women do not want to marry until they are set… a young mother often fears marriage will mean a loss of control” (13.3). Essentially, a poor women who has a child
In her essay “Abortion, Intimacy, and the Duty to Gestate,” Margaret Olivia Little examines whether it should be permissible for the state to force the intimacy of gestation on a woman against her consent. Little concludes that “mandating gestation against a woman’s consent is itself a harm - a liberty harm” (p. 303). She reaches this conclusion after examining the deficiencies in the current methods used to examine and evaluate the issues of abortion. Their focus on the definition of a “person” and the point in time when the fetus becomes a distinct person entitled to the benefits and protections of the law fails to capture “the subtleties and ambivalences that suffuse the issue” (p. 295). Public debate on the right to life and the right to choose has largely ignored the nature of the relationship between the mother and the fetus through the gestational period and a woman’s right to either accept or decline participation in this relationship.
The woman who conceives, carries and gives birth to the child is called the surrogate mother. There are two types of surrogacy: traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy. Traditional surrogacy involves the sperm from the intended father (also known as the sperm donor) and the egg of the surrogate mother. Therefore, in this case, the surrogate mother is the genetic mother of the child. The second type is gestational surrogacy. Gestational surrogacy involves the extraction of the egg from the intended mother, and the transfer of the embryo into the surrogate’s uterus. This means that the surrogate mother is not genetically related to the child. Within the two types of surrogacy, there are two types of surrogacy arrangements: altruistic (non-commercial) and commercial. Under the Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld), a commercial surrogacy arrangement is when a person receives payment, reward, or other material benefit or advantage for entering into the surrogacy arrange...
We are here faced with the polar opposite extremes in birthing. Seemingly, if a woman has too little prenatal care and education regarding birthing (as in Africa) she may not have the access to a Cesarean when she truly needs it; and at the other end of the spectrum if a woman has enveloped herself in a system that relies too heavily on birthing technologies she may end up with an unnecessary Cesarean surgery. Other paradigms exist for birthing such as in Holland where every woman is provided with a midwife for her birth, and Brazil where the C-section rate tops 80 percent. Yet another microcosmic pocket of birth in the U.S. shows us that C-section rates can be achieved at below 2%.
The advancement and continued developments of third-party assisted reproductive medical practices has allowed many prospective parents, regardless of their marital status, age, or sexual orientation, to have a new opportunity for genetically or biologically connected children. With these developments come a number of rather complex ethical issues and ongoing discussions regarding assisted reproduction within our society today. These issues include the use of reproductive drugs, gestational services such as surrogacy as well as the rights of those seeking these drugs and services and the responsibilities of the professionals who offer and practice these services.
Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before the fetus has the ability to survive outside of the womb. There are two sides to abortion: Pro-life and Pro-choice. The poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks is about a mother who has had more than one abortion and is thinking about the lives she took away from them.
Hills Like White Elephants, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two, in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Through out the story, Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters’ opinions and feelings.
At first thought, abortion may not appear to have any involvement in economics. But, economics and abortion are, in fact, deeply intertwined. Studies of abortion show that financial hardship is the reason most often cited by women seeking abortions. Lack of money is rarely the only reason a woman seeks an abortion. Most women do so for a complex set of reasons, but money is frequently the paramount factor, the one that tips the scales in favor of abortion. This is especially true for low-income families and single
Commercial surrogacy commodifies children because by paying the surrogate mother to give up her child, they treat the child as an object of exchange or commodity that can be bought and sold. As any business transaction, the parents give money for the exchange of an object, the child. The parents get their desired child and the mother gets the money, but what about what thee child think about this event? The parents and surrogate mother’s action were done with self-interest. It could be argued that they wanted the best for the child. However, the first priority in the intentional procreation of the child was not the welfare of the child but rather to give it up to the parents in exchange of money. Additionally, women’s labor is commodified because the surrogate mother treats her parental rights as it was a property right not as a trust. In other words, the decisions taken concerning the child are not done primarily for the benefit of the child. The act of the mother relenting her parental rights is done for a monetary price. She disposes of her parental rights, which are to be managed for the welfare of the owner, as if they were property right, which are to be handled for personal
In today’s world abortions are being used as a gateway for unexpected pregnancies that are caused by many reasons, searching for a solution women tend to believe that an abortion is the easiest way to get rid of these undesired situations. In Sallie Tisdale’s essay “We Do Abortions here: A nurse’s story”, she describes the emotions and the rules that she as being a nurse in an abortion clinic has to deal with every day. Tisdale uses paradox, her point of view and metaphor to make the reader understand that choosing abortion, either way, will not have a happy ending.
Often young women have these problems even though they have good values. The problem is they are not well informed.Parents don’t talk about this because “the girl is too young to learn about this themes”. This is a really sad mentality because unfortunately young girls are more in danger of a sexual abuse or have unprotected sex because they don’t realize the consequences of this action. So now we have to think. For example, If a poor person can’t support his or her family of 4 people. what would do the family if one of the girls has a baby?. The operation that the mother needs for giving birth and the medical assistance is too expensive. According to the author ,“many people received public assistance at some point, Those who worked usually in low-wage jobs made less than $10,000 in the years prior to the birth of the first child’’ . By focusing on what the author said we can assume that with some income you can support a little the birth of a child because the government is also helping you with medical assistance .But poor families that don’t work , and don’t qualify for this
One of the opposing viewpoints that birth control should be covered is because it can lead to low birth rates in the country (Clemmitt, “Birth Control Debate”). In todays society we have many kids that are without a proper home. There are many kids that are living with foster families because their parents didn’t want them or couldn’t take care of them. When kids are put in social services care, the longer a child is in their care the chance of being adopted by a family gets lower by the day. There are many of kids that starve day in and day out because they couldn’t find food. There are kids that don’t have a place to live because they felt they couldn’t live with their foster, adopted or actual parents. According to the article “Homeless
Financially, raising a child can be overwhelming. A September 2005 survey in the peer-reviewed journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health asking women why they had an abortion, found that 73% of respondents said they could not afford to have a baby (Abortion). In this country, there are 46.5 million people living at or below the poverty line. Frightening but true, over five million more women than men are living below the poverty line (Poverty in the United States: A Snapshot). If any of these women living below the poverty line become pregnant, they should have the option to abort if they realize that they cannot provide for that child. If not, a child growing up in poverty may be compromised in his ability to succeed in school; his social and emotional well-being, and his health may also be affected. If approximately 13 million of America’s children live in poverty, abortion may be a way to keep the number of In deciding to keep the baby, mothers take into consideration their current lifestyle and whether it is fit or not to support a child.
Surrogacy is becoming extremely popular as a way for people to build their families and women to have a source of income. Many people have various reasons for their opposition to it whether it be by comparing it to prostitution or disagreeing with how military wives take advantage of the Tricare insurance. Lorraine Ali states in her article “The Curious Lives of Surrogates” that one of the more popular reasons to oppose surrogacy is that it contradicts, “what we’ve always thought of as an unbreakable bond between mother and child.” However, a woman’s inability to conceive her own children does not determine the absence of a mother to child bond.