Unpopular opinion but surrogacy as a choice is a bit gross?

[Janedoe95]

I was just reading about Paris Hilton and obviously i don’t know the full story but it seems like she just used a surrogate because her friends do for convenience.

obviously if you have no choice I completely understand but if it’s just because pregnancy is hard I think it’s a bit wrong taking a newborn baby away from the only person they’ve known for 9 months

especially as pregnancy itself prepares you to care for a newborn and changes your brain for that purpose.

am I just being very judgmental

It is interesting, the number of people who are prepared to say that this is an excellent opportunity for a poor woman to make a bit of money. Same as prostitution. Why is is that whenever women are poor, there is a line of vultures ready to pick parts of her body apart for their use and pat themselves on the back for throwing a few quid at her?

It's baby trafficking and human exploitation.

We don't see the likes of Paris Hilton being a surrogate for a poor single woman who can't afford to pay surrogate fees and expenses do we?

if I could have carried a child for her, I would

What stopped you?

Thats awful and obviously is a huge issue that needs addressing. But I’m fairly sure Paris Hilton isn’t doing that.

Nah, she went free range.

It doesn’t matter where you source your womb from, you're still creating demand for more surrogates. You are still part of the problem

This^
its normalising the use of womens bodies for money and normalising paying for infants .

@BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn she is adamant it was her carrying the child or nothing
She said she didn't just want a baby, she wanted to go through pregnancy as well and so she wouldn't consider any other options

An Advantage of carrying your own child is that your body then produces the best possible nutrients to feed them with and knitting the mother child bond.

Oh don’t even with that bollocks. Plenty of non-breastfed people have a great bond. Fathers can’t breastfeed, they still bond.

Yes Dads do bond with babies - but not all surely? If there is an absent parent isn’t it much more commonly the father? I think you’re living in a dream world if you haven’t noticed that.

I believe there is nothing stronger than the bond a mother has with the child that grew within her body and is literally her flesh and blood. And the bond with a breast fed child is powerful. And I don’t think it’s a way out view to know that breast milk is the best nutrition for a newborn.

Anyway, I think surrogacy is gross. Lazy rich people buying women’s bodies and babies.