Surrogate Motherhood-An Act of Violation or Protection of Human Rights

Abstract

Introduction: Surrogacy is providing joy of parenthood to the intended couple but the irony is that to protect one woman from being called childless, surrogate takes over the responsibility of carrying her child to be stigmatized by the society. Though many issues of exploitation have received attention some like surrogacy have been overlooked. The global crisis of population and resources limitation is turning the attention of the world of reproduction towards adoption. Deep down everyone who opts for surrogacy wants to have their own DNA but how does genetic linkage tend to be more than humanity. Objectives: The objective of this commentary is to give an insight into the exploitation of surrogacy market. Another objective is to discuss how adoption is an alternative option to surrogacy.