Essay On Surrogacy

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In the globalization world, communication among countries, areas is extremely important, and the ways of international linkage are rapidly changing. This paper’s aim is to give more understanding about one of the most important issues of dynamic global linkages: International Marriages - Surrogacy I. History Surrogacy is the practice of a woman carrying the biological child of another individual or couple. With this process, the surrogate mother will be artificially inseminated, and will then carry out the pregnancy, eventually giving the child to the intended parents upon its birth. There are two different types of surrogacy, including: traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy. Traditional Surrogacy In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate…show more content…
In this case, a woman was able to give birth via the use of eggs donated by another. This later led to the first successful gestational surrogacy in 1985. In recent times, surrogacy has gone on to scale new heights of popularity. In fact, in 2005, a 58 year old woman donned the role of a surrogate mother to give birth to her own twin granddaughters. In the recent times, surrogacy is more and more prevalent. According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the number of reported babies born live in the U.S. as a result of gestational surrogacy has more than doubled in seven years — from 738 in 2004 to 1,593 in 2011. It is also known that there have been differing rates of success for the various types of surrogacy procedures. For instance, when using in vitro fertilization with mothers who are under the age of 35, success can be as high as 60 percent or more. The success rate tends to decrease, though, as the surrogate and/or the biological mother increase in age. “More couples are marrying later in life and find themselves under stricter time constraints for having children. More people with fertility problems are choosing gestational surrogacy over adoption, taking the opportunity to pass their DNA on to their child. And more people are aware and accepting of same-sex couples wanting a family” - Block and Zager,
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