Share, It's a tough question for couples answer whether it's ethical or not to use a surrogate. But the most immediate concern for them is to have a baby.
For this type of case, Sanjay Rath, the jyotishi, believes it can be justified since Krishna allows for everything to happen. If the couple has good karma, then they will be rewarded with a child. If not, the child will be denied. In the Catholic Church, the issue is in deciding the nature of the act performed. If the act by itself is good then the act and results are ethical. If the act by itself is not "licit", then the act and the results are not ethical. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: John, I agree that something about it does not feel right though if no force is involved it seems legal enough. It seems like a win win but is it also a win for the child? And it definitely indicates an unhealthy imbalance in the world that a woman would have to earn money by bearing another person's child. I could support it if there were guarantees that the child and surrogate mother would remain in contact. But that seems unlikely. So I say, keep looking for other solutions to both problems. On Friday, November 8, 2013 5:19 PM, "jr_esq@..." <jr_esq@...> wrote: That probably cost them about $100,000 since it was done here in the US. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote: A rich friend did that with their second child because the wife had a hard time carrying the first one. They used a US surrogate though. On 11/08/2013 11:56 AM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... wrote: They're apparently becoming a thriving business in the country, and have become the solution for infertile couples in the US and elsewhere in the world. One wonders about the ethics regarding this practice. http://gma.yahoo.com/infertile-americans-india-gestational-surrogates-111533378--abc-news-health.html http://gma.yahoo.com/infertile-americans-india-gestational-surrogates-111533378--abc-news-health.html