Should Surrogate mothers be legalized in Taiwan?
Evelyn Liu
National Central University
Abstract
Surrogate mothers has been a critical issue in many countries for a long time. Recently, Taiwan has an issue on its legalization. There is already a draft passed in the Legislative Yuan. However, many people still debate about should surrogate mothers be legalized in Taiwan? From different aspects, including moral, law, homosexuals, and so on, I will discuss about whether it should legalize in Taiwan. Surrogacy does cause several problems, whether its legalization is beneficial to our society? If there seems to have many difficulties in executing the surrogacy, should we give up and prohibit it? The paper will tell you.
Should Surrogate Mothers Be Legalized in Taiwan? Should we legalize the surrogate mothers in Taiwan? Difficulties of bearing a child, the scientists invent one kind of technology that can make a couple bear their children in other women's womb. Those mothers who bear the children are called surrogate mothers. Taiwan's government is planning to enact a law to prevent the utilization of surrogate mother from abuses. Although it is still a draft, it means a big progress to this issue. However, the draft also enhances the controversy around technology. There are two different positions in Taiwan, thus it is harder for this draft being passed in Legislative Yuan. There are some advantages and disadvantages to this issue, I will discuss it below. There are many advantages of using the surrogate mothers according to different mothers and situations. Surrogate mothers can easily solve the problems of infecundity for mothers which have no wombs because of serious illness or have the womb hypoplasia. Mothers can have their genetic kids through the use of surrogate mothers, and that truly inspires those mothers a lot. Otherwise, it can offer a good way for homosexuals to have their own
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