Annotation 2: Surrogacy is totally morally wrong

　　We can inferred from this article that surrogacy is seen as a morally wrong way to use. One of the reason is that surrogacy will be destructive of intimate relationships by giving birth to the couple's child. That is, the surrogate mother will be seen as a third person through a marriage that was originally formed by a husband and a wife. "The involvement of a third person from whose flesh this child is produced means that the child is linked with another whose presence in the intimate conjugal relationship compromises that relationship."(Ozolins, 1998) And, this may cause the problem of self-identity. The children may be confused that who is their real mother. "Clarity about origins is crucial for self-identity, itself important for self-respect." (Ozolins, 1998) These results from that are we see the surrogate mother as a person not as a mean.

　　However, if we regard the surrogate mothers as "hired artificial womb" or "artificial baby carrier"(Ozolins, 1998) , then we treated her as a thing, we failed to treated her as a person. From this point of view, "she is no longer a third party intruding on the unity of the spouses."(Ozolins, 1998) However, there is claim that surrogacy is  morally illicit because it's the failure to treat the surrogate as a person. Thus, " the surrogacy is in all of the usual cases morally wrong."(Ozolins, 1998)


Reference

-Olizons, John. (August, 1998). Surrogacy: Exploitation or Violation of Intamacy? Retrieved from http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/OApp/OAppOzol.htm