Originally posted by: _goofyCat_
My two cents on surrogacy.We have been discussing this from long time, and I don't think we can stop talking about it, because that's something the whole story of the show revolves around.I maybe in minority in saying this, but I don't really find a reason why surrogacy should be looked down upon to an extent that it should be totally banned or should never be practised in our country.Adoption is anytime a much more noble and humane way to fulfill the desire of childless couples to have kids, which also ensures a better life to orphaned kids, but adoption can't be forced on anyone! There will be people who will want to have biological child, and surrogacy can be a ray of hope for them. Ours is an orthodox society where people still think having their own kids is the only way out, and in most of the cases women are held responsible for the infertility issues. What's wrong in it if such women look at surrogacy as an option which can earn them their position in family and society?I do not feel that concept of price of womb comes into picture, as long as the surrogate mother is willingly ready to carry the child in her body for nine months. I remember a Bollywood movie which had come many years back, starring likes of Tabu, Palash Sen, Sushmita Sen and others. It was a story of two modern age, independent couples, one of which was keen to have a baby within months of their marriage. But some unfortunate circumstances happen and they come to know that the wife can't conceive. The other lady, who is a good friend of the first, decides to carry her friend's baby in her womb. She takes this decision without her husband's consent, who doesn't really happen to be happy about her decision. I don't remember end of the movie, but this is just one kind of situation where surrogacy can be a blessing for someone. Obviously, there will be questions like why the couple couldn't adopt a child, but then its everyone's personal choice!Of course, there is a dark side to everything, and so is to surrogacy- the commercial surrogacy. Which is probably the case in most of the surrogacy cases happening in our country. But that doesn't make the whole surrogacy a bad deal, IMO. There are a lot of illegal trades happening in case of organ donation as well, but that doesn't make us stop practising organ donation, because every coin has two sides to it.Having said all this, I understand that surrogacy is a very sensitive topic, and it goes beyond the medical science to cultural aspects and personal beliefs of people. I don't intend to offend anyone with this, just sharing my perspective, which I wanted to do from a long time.