ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2020
Thoughts on the ethics of gestational surrogacy: perspectives from religions, Western liberalism, and comparisons with adoption.
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- Religion's role in managing infertility in Ghana: views from obstetricians and gynaecologists - a qualitative study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- FIGO position statement: Gamete donations.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
- Navigating the gestational surrogacy seas: the legalities and complexities of gestational carrier services.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2024Review
- Uterus transplantation: what the world's religions have to say.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2024Article
- Attitudes of Different Religions Toward Surrogacy: Analysis of 11 Countries' Situation Using Machine Learning Approach and Artificial Neural Networks.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Commercial Surrogacy: An Overview.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Review
- Maternal identity for Orthodox Jewish couples using donor oocytes or surrogacy is not well established.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn gestational surrogacy, a woman incubates an embryo to which she is not genetically related. Genetic distance from both her and the commissioning parents is increased further when donor gametes are employed. Ethical implications vary depending on the extent to which the parents and surrogates share genetic material with the produced child. PURPOSE: This paper seeks to address two primary questions: What do selected ethical frameworks tell us of (1) the relationship between genetic motherhood, gestational motherhood, social motherhood, and marital fidelity? And (2) the effects of gestational surrogacy and gamete donation on our understanding of lineage and heritability?
methodsCurrent literature and thought on these questions were considered through the classical ethics lenses of religion, the adoption standard, and Western liberalism.
resultsA genetic link between the parents and the child serves to simplify the adoption process (if one is required) and supports a family's desire to resemble as much as possible a traditional biological family, thus providing a minimum set of challenges to religious or conservative hesitations.
conclusionInasmuch as gestational surrogacy, with or without donor gametes, is tolerated in a variety of ethical contexts; the basis of its acceptance may be the Western liberal celebration of contractual agreement.
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