Is adoption better than surrogacy?

July 31, 2008 2:57pm CST
After trying for a child for more than three years my friend consulted a doctor only to find out that her uterus was not favourable for conception. The doctor gave her two options.. to either adopt or to go for surrogacy! My friend is now so confused as if she goes for adoption it wold not be her biological child but she would be giving a decent life to a child, if she opted for surrogacy there is a chance that the surrogate mother might feel attached to the child and could face problems later. Any suggestions and ideas please.
2 responses
• United States
1 Aug 08
I say it is better to go for adoption. There are already enough people in this world. She should give an orphan child a home. She can have a child and not increase the world population at the same time.
• United States
31 Jul 08
This is a really difficult choice. It's deeply involved with emotions and faith and self-esteem. Both choices work for some and not for others. Nobody can really tell a woman how to deal with this. She and her husband will have to talk it over and over and over. Maybe making a list of pros and cons would help. When all is said and done, the family is all that matters, and whichever choice brings them a child will result in a child who is loved and wanted and parents who are loving and loved. I adopted, because cancer made childbearing impossible for me. If, all those year ago, I had the option of surrogacy, I don't know what I would have done. I guess it has a lot to do with whether or not the couple knows a young woman who needs a home for a baby.