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Whatever may be the reason for surrogation this practice is ethically wrong because1) A woman rents out her body for a given period of time in exchange for money. 2) It is not different from which we may use our body for remuneration. 3) Contractual surrogacy based on empirical assumption that surrogacy would be done by poor unskilled or unemployed woman this involves exploitation. 4) Surrogacy is different from other forms of employment that are open to poor woman. 5) Unmarried woman are free to bear & rear children some single or lesbian woman biologically infertile or who having intercourse with another man in order to become pregnant is unacceptable socially, spiritually, religiously, legally. No religion allows marital relation outside the marriage relationship. 6) Being born into home of single parent or lesbian couple harms child mentally and their future is shoiled. So such birth should be prevented for children's sake. As lesbian's child may disabled. Parents ought to ensure that any children they are going to have possess normal health for leading satisfying life. 7) If woman takes money she is considered to selling a part of body is morally and also socially wrong. 8) It is social aspect engendered acrimony about exploitation, destruction of family & baby selling. 9) It is wrong because it betrays women's & society's basic interest separating sex & reproduction, reproduction & marriage, reproduction & child rearing. People favours it for 1) alleviating infertility one who is unable to become parents surrogation may bring happiness & create joy in their life. 2) Transferring of burden & risk & getting readymade babies by paying for services she has done like servants are paid for their labour.
It is wrong to take on burden of pregnancy for another for pregnancy can threaten comfort, health even life & Jainism says it is wrong to hurt or harm anybody physically or mentally is violence. For our self interest exploiting anyone economically weak person is also violence. Under Vrata of celibacy selling body as commodity, doing sex out of marital relation, is demeritorious act which is forbidden.
Issue is we transfer the burden from one woman to another but we often do this, elevated risk rates by exposure to dangerous chemicals
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