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Should surrogacy be legal? Should surrogacy be legal?
Yes, surrogacy should be legal. Yes, surrogacy should be legal.
No. Surrogacy should be illegal. No. Surrogacy should be illegal.
It depends: surrogacy should be legal only under certain conditions. It depends: surrogacy should be legal only under certain conditions.
Surrogacy allows people unable to have children naturally to have them Surrogacy allows people unable to have children naturally to have them
Surrogacy is about a woman's bodily autonomy Surrogacy is about a woman's bodily autonomy
Surrogacy is a practical solution Surrogacy is a practical solution
Surrogacy is a natural way to have babies who are wanted Surrogacy is a natural way to have babies who are wanted
Surrogacy exploits women Surrogacy exploits women
Surrogacy is immoral Surrogacy is immoral
Prospective parents should adopt instead Prospective parents should adopt instead
Surrogacy has long-term negative impacts Surrogacy has long-term negative impacts
A child born to a surrogate is in an uncertain legal situation A child born to a surrogate is in an uncertain legal situation
Only altruistic surrogacy should be legal Only altruistic surrogacy should be legal
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Should surrogacy be legal?
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No. Surrogacy should be illegal.

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Prospective parents should adopt instead

It is immoral to utilise surrogacy when there are so many children in the world without families.
John Stonestreet
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The Argument

There are many orphans or children who are living in orphanages because their parents couldn't afford to keep them. People have a moral duty to care for the already existing children in need of a loving caring family rather than making new babies in an already overcrowded world.

Counter arguments

If there is a moral responsibility to adopt existing children before using surrogacy, it would therefore also be immoral to have children naturally while there are already children in the world living without homes.[1] Additionally, there are many barriers to adoption that make it difficult and it can be psychologically hard on both the birth and adoptive parents, as well as the child itself.[2] To adopt is a huge undertaking.

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Premises

[P1] It is immoral to go through the process of surrogacy while there are children already in the world without homes.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] There is no reason having children through surrogacy while there are children without homes is any worse than having children naturally.

References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/magazine/is-it-selfish-for-a-gay-couple-to-have-kids-via-surrogacy.html
  2. https://consideringadoption.com/adopted/impact-of-adoption/long-term-effects-of-adoption

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