Blessing and Trauma of a womb

Pregnancy is one of life’s most untouchable personal experience which each women may experience in her life time .But all are not blessed with this experience and it is highly impossible to sense their pain .As a solution to this pain they can look for Advanced Reproductive Techniques (ART).Among all forms of ART ,“surrogacy” has emerged out as a light at the end of a very long tunnel .For surrogate mother it is a chance to do something truly extraordinary ,for a childless couple to have child ,forming their own family ,which is considered as a basis unit of society. Surrogacy is becoming a fast growing reality and with this the question arises when payment for this service is involved .Do we treat children born out of surrogacy as a commodity ,when a person who makes a living out of growing babies for others ,in violating the essential quality of creativity in this process. Even more problematic is the fact that the bond of marriage becomes confused when a second woman enters the process especially if she is a genetic mother .What happens if the surrogate mother or the commissioning couple changes their mind? What happens in the case of miscarriage? All this is dealt with in this Article.