As
I mentioned in my Annotation 1, I think the method of surrogate mother may be a
morally wrong practice. It relates to too many problems concerning to our
lives: the surrogate mothers' health, moral problems, the definition of the
mother, the position of the surrogate mother, the law, etc. Also in Taiwan,
this has become a bid issue for us to discuss about: should we legalize it? This
time, I may put the emphasis on the aspect of moral and law.
First,
I want to talk about the motivation of why people want to use the surrogacy.
The first reason, undoubtedly, is those people who lack the ability of giving
birth to their children want to have their genetic children. This may be an
agreeable reason for people to use surrogacy. However, if the parents just don't
want to experience the suffering process of breeding, can surrogacy be a real
beneficial way to us? According to the article, if they are in the case of the
latter, the parents may lack "symbiotic intimacy" with the children.
The
"symbiotic intimacy" is like the father kisses the belly of the
mother
while she is having a baby. This is an important process to
erect
the intimate relationship between the parents and the children.
Otherwise,
if parents are unwilling to devote to their children for other
reasons,
it is worth skeptical about if they are qualified and ready to
be
a father and a mother. (孫效智, 1997)
Second,
how do we defined the surrogate mother? If we defined surrogacy as a mean, just
paying the money to use surrogacy, it just like we treat surrogate mother as a
"thing", we can easily dispose of it whenever we finish utilizing it,
we deprive their human right. We materialize the women who are surrogate
mothers. However, if we treat them as a "person", if we take away the
children and pay money, we deprive their intimacy to the children. Also, both
of the children and surrogate mother may be commercialized. On the other hand,
are they really willing to be surrogate mothers? What is their purpose to be
surrogate mothers? We have known before that those who are the surrogate
mothers usually have poor economical situation, thus we can conjecture that
"the popular commercialism of surrogacy may lead to a phenomenon that rich
women exploit the poor women". (孫效智, 1997)
Otherwise, if they don't be in this poor status, they just want to earn money
through this way, "they may block the children's self-identification and
materialize the interpersonal relationship." (孫效智,
1997)
Third,
it seems that we are hard to chose the best way to legislate the surrogacy, it
contains too many complex problems, for now, it is difficult for us to execute,
and it also contains the problem of definition of mother and other aspects in
our life. It looks like that even though we legalize the surrogacy in Taiwan,
we still cannot make sure there is no problem anymore, but should we just
abandon it? I think if we see it
is too complex and difficult to do and we give up, it is not a solution. It is
going bad if we don't legalize it. Even though there is still a long way for us
to prepare all things orderly and completely to make it legalize, we should all
face this difficult situation bravely and solve it.
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