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Who is a surrogate mother?:

A woman who agrees, often for pay, to give birth to a child resulting from artificial insemination or the implantation of an already fertilized egg and who surrenders any parental rights to a third party.


Thinking about becoming a surrogate?

If you enjoy being pregnant and have experienced uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery, then you may well be an ideal candidate for surrogate motherhood.

Who Uses Surrogates?

A woman might decide to use a surrogate for
several reasons:

She may have medical problems with her uterus.
She may have had a hysterectomy that removed her uterus. There may be conditions that make pregnancy impossible or medically risky, such as severe heart disease.

Other women choose surrogacy after trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant with a variety of
assisted-reproduction techniques (ART), such as
IVF.

"What does the Bible say about being or using a surrogate mother?"

Using a surrogate mother to bear children for a childless couple is as old as the story of Abraham and Sarah in Genesis chapter 16. Sarah could not bear children, so she gave her servant, Hagar, to Abraham so she could have his children.

This was a common practice at the time, since a childless woman was shamed by her friends and family. This story is the closest the Bible comes to what we call “traditional surrogacy” today, where the
mother is impregnated with the sperm of a man—
often one whose wife is incapable of producing eggs
—usually by means of artificial insemination.

Also practiced today is “gestational surrogacy” which
involves transplantation of an already-conceived embryo containing the sperm and egg from a couple. In this case, the surrogate’s role is simply that of a carrier, which was not the case with Hagar.

We learn from Hagar’s story that using a surrogate parent has the possibility to cause pain, heartache, and confusion. One problem that arose with Hagar is that she did not want to give her child over to Sarah when it was born. This can still happen today, as women discover that giving away their children (despite financial compensation) can cause immeasurable pain because of the bond that forms
between the pregnant mother and the child she is
carrying, even before it is born.

The Bible does not forbid the use of a surrogate parent but raises questions as to whether or not it is
ethical. Marriage is designed to be between two
people, and children are to be born of that union
( Genesis 1:28, 2:24). To bring in a third party means
that the child will have a third parent. Then there
may arise difficult questions, such as will the baby
know its surrogate mother? Will there be visitation?
How will the child be expected to feel about the
surrogate mother, and will there be jealousy? All
these issues should be prayerfully considered before
a Christian couple uses a surrogate. Couples who use
a family member as surrogate can often head off
problems before they arise if the surrogate has a strong bond with the couple and has their welfare
and that of their child at heart.

The Bible says that children are a gift, not a right
( Psalm 127:3). Just as God blesses some people with
wealth and success, He blesses some with children
and others not. Using a surrogate out of arrogant
defiance of God would be a sin, but using a
surrogate after prayerful consideration and a time of
seeking God’s will and guidance may be a viable
alternative for the childless.

Is this a welcome option for childless couple? Your opinion

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