International viewpoint on surrogacy

International viewpoint on surrogacy

The idea of giving birth to a baby which is genetically not connected to a surrogate mother is very hard to digest for some countries who strongly stick on their religious and ethical beliefs, while it is not that so hard for some countries to digest this process.  The idea of surrogacy is introduced by the United States of America in the year 1981. When this ART technique is invented, the physicians face a lot of criticism from the corners of the world. However, in the present scenario, the same technique is bringing happiness on the face of many childless couples. The surrogate mother of USA helped infertile couples by carrying their baby over the tenure by making their family complete.

However, it is very shocking to know that the surrogacy process is still a controversial topic and some of the countries still ban this process. The point of view differs from one country to another, whilst some countries have cooperated at the International level to adopt this process. In contrast, the countries like Netherlands, Japan to name a few still ban the surrogacy process by calling it as the process of renting a woman body to gain monetary compensation. In Australia, arranging surrogacy is considered a criminal offence and the parties involved in this process are severely punished.

In some countries, altruistic i.e. traditional surrogacy is accepted where the intended father sperm is injected into the ovaries of a surrogate mother to impregnate her, but commercial surrogacy is banned. In contrast to the above said factor, some countries works exactly opposite, where commercial surrogacy is considered legal and traditional surrogacy is banned. Irrespective of the debate made at international levels, it is a known truth that surrogacy is bringing happiness in the life of childless couples around the world.