This is the 21st century and technology has made us know that we can achieve alot if we can to. This is no time when we stick or hold unto our old traditions and norms that is of no value to us. Maybe our parents held to those traditions and it was okay for them. But not in this generation any more.
Surrogacy has come to stay wether we want it or believe it or not. In the past we had alot of families that childlessness tore them apart. If there was something like surrogacy and it helped them get one or two children, and they never had to go their separate ways, won't it be better. For me I don't see anything evil in it. This is just the advancement of technology and it is meant for our own food. God I believe is the one that gave humanity that wisdom and it will be good if we embrace it and allow the people who can make their own children through that means ho one and give them all the support they need. It is very unfair the way and manner we treat people who accept surrogacy as a way of getting a child for the family. One thing that is sure is that what they need is just a womb that will help carry a child for them. The surrogate mother don't even need to know them. And that will ensure no one comes tomorrow to claim the child. Legal documents are signed and that settles it. I think is a welcome idea.
CAN I GET INVOLVED?
Why not? If I had that chance I will get involved. Though I already have my own children by myself that does not give me the liberty to talk to anyone woman who wasn't able and decided to go for surrogacy. I will give all the support that is needed. In fact one time I said to myself that instead of a young girl to go out and sleep with different men in the name of making money, it is better to become a surrogate mother. At the end of nine months they go home with lots of money.
Should we hold our traditions high and throw surrogacy away. Even our culture wants us to have children that will take after us when we die. I believe that any culture that has nothing good to offer me should be kept aside. My mother had about eleven children and only four survived. When I had the story of how they all died I believe that it was something that they did not discover in time. Even till she died she believe that it was the evil one that kept killing her children. If it was possible to have this technology back then, and a blood taste was conducted before they both get married maybe she would have not married him and save herself all the trauma that she went through losing her children. What I am saying is that in this age, technology has brought some relief to us and we need to embrace it, not castigate it.
Indeed technology has really turned things around, those days we only depended on our traditional ways of child making but today we have options.
Yes, we are in the era of technology and it makes things easier for us. For instance, the issue of surrogacy and it's a good option today for many women who can't go through the pain of carrying pregnancy or perhaps complications issue.