Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 5, 2025

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Commercial surrogacy: Landscapes of empowerment or oppression explored through integrative review
Jutharat Attawet1,2, Ethar Alsharaydeh1, Mark Brady3
1Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract:
The surge in demand for surrogacy treatments, combined with regulatory loopholes, has spurred the widespread adoption of global commercial surrogacy. This phenomenon poses potential risks to all involved parties, including surrogates and children, encompassing ethical, legal, physical, and psychological concerns. Although commercial surrogacy is under discussion in various jurisdictions, some countries may reintroduce legislation on the matter. In addressing this intricate landscape, the researchers performed an integrative review of existing literature with the intention of providing guidance to researchers and policymakers. The researchers emphasized notable legal and ethical challenges linked to commercial surrogacy. Surrogates often experience disempowerment and oppression, exacerbated by the contractual nature of these arrangements, perpetuating structural inequalities. Children born through commercial surrogacy, especially internationally, risk losing cultural heritage and future benefits. Banning commercial surrogacy may drive it underground, harming surrogates. Reconsidering prohibitions without penalizing surrogates could mitigate downstream issues and safeguard them from exploitation.
More Related Videos
14:43A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
Published on: January 12, 2018
05:46Introduction of Intracapsular Rotary-cut Procedures IRCP: A Modified Hysteromyomectomy Procedures Facilitating Fertility Preservation
Published on: January 17, 2019
Related Concept Videos
The Sense of Self: Reflected Self-Appraisal and Social Comparison
Criticisms of the Evolutionary Perspective
Evolutionary psychology provides one explanation for these findings, suggesting...
Reproductive Cloning
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
In SCNT, an egg cell is taken from an animal and its nucleus is removed, creating an enucleated egg. Then a somatic...
Humanistic Psychology
This approach...
Ethnic Identity within a Larger Culture
Types of Genetic Transfer Between Organisms