The Miracle of Surrogacy: Redefining Family and Possibilities
Hello Hive Learners Community! Welcome to my blog. Science is revolving around the world according to modern requirements. It is facilitating us with several once-impossible facilities. I love its branches due to their contribution to the welfare of humans. Being a big fan of Modern Biotechnology, I appreciate all its aspects. Whether it is Insulin production or modern means of fertilization, biotechnology is touching the sky in its inventions. Regarding modern inventions, we should never forget about their impacts on the environment, human ethics, as well as on our companions. Modern Technology can be a blessing or a bone depending on its invention and its manipulations.
What is Surrogacy?
Surrogacy is a Modern Biotechnology Technique in which an embryo, after in-vitro fertilization, is transferred into a mother who provides a supportive environment for its growth. The genetic make-up of the embryo already has developed; hence, it didn't participate in any genetic variations. The mother whose reproductive environment is utilized gives birth to a baby when the whole gestation period is finished.
Surrogacy is not a newly invented biological technique. It has already been used in Animals where In-vitro fertilization, Embryo Transfer, as well as Cloning are very commonly used techniques. Although there are religious as well as ethical restrictions for using these techniques in human beings.
Is Surrogacy Illegal or Unethical?
Many Athletes and celebrities take help from surrogacy to increase their generation. As they have busy lifestyles and don't want to waste their body potential in the long-awaited 9 months of pregnancy, they always prioritize it. Couples first donate their gametes to a trusted laboratory where biotechnologists utilize them in vitro fertilization. After In-Vitro fertilization, when an embryo is evolved, it is shifted to a surrogate mother, where it develops in its fully adopted form.
Although Surrogacy is a helpful technique for reproduction this modern means of reproduction has religious as well as human restrictions. I still consider it unethical because it has many potential harms.
As gametes have the genetic potential of their donors, they can be manipulated badly in the lab. A laboratory can store gametes and sell them on its demand price. For example, Elon is the richest person in the world and thinks to be the most intelligent. Parents can easily pay thousands of dollars to the laboratory that has Elon's sperm. The utilization of any gametes should be considered illegal without permission from its donors.
During natural mating when Siemens is ejaculated, it has billions of sperms. These sperm can fertilize as many eggs as we want. After In-Vitro fertilization, we can use the surrogate mother for the further development of the embryo. It can result in Population Explosion. Moreover, the parenting pool will also be disturbed. It will be hard to differentiate the sister and brother relationship, which has religious consequences as well.
The surrogate mothers provide a natural environment for embryo development. They suffer hormone treatment. It can be risky and can be deadly as well. After donating an embryo, if any small problem happens in comparability, it can harm the embryo. A mother can't be a factory that is giving birth to products.
Whether we are athletes or sportsmen, we need to understand the real meaning of parenting. We should enjoy the whole course of motherhood. We can't skip things because we have modern tools for giving birth to babies.
Surrogacy And Religion
Surrogacy is unethical and should be banned in humans. Being a Muslim, I believe it is Haram because it has many controversies. Artificially inducing the environment of the surrogate mother is equal to Zina (Sexual Activity of Two individual males and females without Nikkah) in Islam. Many religions have stated it is unethical, and Haram clearly.
Final Thoughts
Human Cloning and Surrogacy have serious consequences, as well as the potential risk of conspiracies. We need to ban them. Surrogacy is potential harm to the life of the surrogate mother as well. The whole pregnancy course provides motherhood advantages to the parents. If we are going to skip it, we can't feel what a real mother has felt for her babies. Moreover, there are many other risks like gametes manipulation. Any slight change in gametes will change the parenting genetic pool of the baby; hence, we should better avoid it.
This post is my entry for HL Weekly Featured Content Surrogacy. I hope you have enjoyed my post. Thanks!
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Well I believe we must not define haram or halal depending on what we think is good or bad. Already such haram and halal fatwas has damaged us alot. In surrogation in vitro fertilisation is performed and then fused cells are planted in female web and I guess there is no sexual activity in this process.
Secondly if another woman can breastfeed then why can’t she just deliver baby. Breastfeeding from another woman is allowed both in our laws and our religion.
In my opinion its just an individual concern. Someone wishes to be parent and other one consents to be a carrier. And it’s implications on society are not so clear yet.
Hormonal Implications result in the induced reproductive system. Think about it?
That is the point it can be manipulated in the lab but the baby can never be manipulated in his or her mother’s womb and that is why traditional way is the best way for childbearing
Parenting value can't be valued when the womb is shared by someone. Thank you.
you are really ground on this subject matter, i have learnt a lot just from reading your post.
Thank you for your appreciation man, have a good day.