1. Conflicts of Surrogate Motherhood
... they conclude that surrogacy could be moral only if the surrogate is a relative or close friend of the commissioning parents, and "continues to play an active role in the child's life as a 'second mother'" (348). Because only when this condition is obtained, will the surrogate's labor not be ... lose the child. To make their conclusion reasonable, van Niekerk and van Zyl make an important argument that "If [the surrogate] continues to play an active role in the child's life as a 'second mother', there could be no way in which her labor could be described as 'alienating' ....
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