“The Miracle Mothers and Marvelous Babies”: Psychosocial aspects of surrogacy – A narrative review

Patel, Ansha; Kumar, Pratap; Sharma, Sathyashankara

doi:10.4103/jhrs.jhrs_33_20

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“…Despite the undeniable value of these studies, it is important to consider that most of them have serious methodological limitations (Söderström-Anttila et al 2016; Patel, Kumar, and Sharma 2020) and therefore their conclusions should be interpreted with caution. It is important to note, for example, the lack of studies of children born after cross-border surrogacy or of children growing up with gay parents (Söderström-Anttila et al 2016).…”

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Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Triviño-Caballero

2023

Hypatia

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From the beginning of the practice of surrogate pregnancy, ethical approaches to it have included several dimensions. Central issues such as surrogates’ genuine autonomy, the risk of exploitation of people in vulnerable situations, or the legitimacy of the commercialization of the body have kept this debate alive for more than three decades. Among all the conflicts, those related to healthcare professionals involved in the surrogacy process have been less frequently addressed. Which patient(s) should they protect? Whose interests should they preserve, the surrogate mother's or the intended parents’? Are there differences in healthcare provision between regular pregnant women and those who are going to relinquish their babies? Is adequate compliance with the ethical standards of the caregiver–patient relationship possible? In this article, I will address these questions to identify interests and practices at stake in the healthcare context, where an important part of the surrogacy process occurs.

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Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Triviño-Caballero

2023

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“…Any solely 'Sundays' are allowed to meet the family and kids. 10 In January 2015 at the tenth world conference of ethics, medical ethics and health law, bring out the fact and take into account the jails follow additional basic ethics for prisoners than the doctors do for his or her surrogates. 5…”

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Surrogacy in India: ethics versus incentive

Kaur

Chawla

2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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The word surrogacy has its origin among the Latin term “surrogatus” which suggests a lady acts as a substitute for a pregnant woman. Surrogacy has been in practice form last thirty years. The surrogacy regulated by business can be classified as then, altruistic surrogacy and commercial surrogacy. The paper aim to conduct systematic review on surrogacy. The literature review was conducted using PubMed and alternative search engines. Further, additional information concerning the constitutional articles was collected from search engines like legal service of India, prsinndia.org, icmr.nic.in, Press Information Bureau, Wikipedia, IJCM and Indiankanoon. In India, surrogacy is legally recognised since 2002. This paper looks into various aspects of surrogacy. Factors faced by the surrogate mother such as exploitation, psychological conditions, human rights, dignity and respect, feminism and religious issues are explored. The paper discuss the economic benefit is mostly enjoyed by the medical practitioners. The Indian government tried to curb the problems by updating the law to overcome the challenges but with time government introduce the surrogacy bill in 2016 which addressed many issues and still in 2020 it address various aspects of surrogacy to prevent the exploitation.

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“…Research on societal perceptions of surrogacy suggests that surrogacy is often objectified as a method where a woman ‘sells her child’ (Peng, 2013) or as a method that enables ‘family completion’ (Jadva et al, 2015). Surrogate mothers are often objectified as either ‘bad mothers’ (Arvidsson et al, 2017) or as ‘real angels’ who make it possible for someone else to fulfil their dream (Patel et al, 2020). However, women in surrogacy roles are often constructed as objects, regardless of whether the surrogacy is altruistic or commercial (Riggs and Due, 2012).…”

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Altruistic help or taking advantage of the situation? Social representations of surrogate motherhood

Šuľová,

Popper

2023

J Health Psychol

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Concerning Europe, the lay public, mainly in Central regions, still lacks information about what surrogacy is and how the process works in practice. It is one of the most controversial methods of assisted reproduction precisely because it goes against traditional social norms and ideas about the conception of life. The main aim of our study was to map the social representations of lay people that are formed in internet discussions. We focused on discussion forums over a time span of the last 10 years, from 2013 to 2022. We were also interested in whether perceived risks or benefits formed the core of social representations. Through a reflexive thematic analysis, we identified two distinct constructions of social representations of surrogacy, finding that value settings in terms of liberalism and conservatism appear to have the greatest influence on the anchoring and objectification of surrogacy.

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“The Miracle Mothers and Marvelous Babies”: Psychosocial aspects of surrogacy – A narrative review

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Caring for Delivery: Healthcare Professionals’ Ethical Conflicts in Surrogate Pregnancy

Surrogacy in India: ethics versus incentive

Altruistic help or taking advantage of the situation? Social representations of surrogate motherhood

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