I firmly feel that surrogacy is on par with the worst kinds of human trafficking and should be illegal. Although surrogates don't technically get paid, they receive monetary compensation in the majority of cases. Also, the overwhelming majority of women whose bodies are exploited in this way are women of color, poor women who are in underdeveloped countries. Conversely, the majority of families exploiting these women are white, wealthy people. The emotional and physical toll on both mother and child of having the child ripped away at birth, the trouble the mother will likely have with having her uterus and body returning to normal without a suckling infant to help that process, eg she will experience prolonged weight problems, cramping, bloating, depression, postpartum bleeds, delayed healing without being able to breastfeed the postpartum depression that they are far higher risk for with no baby around, the list goes on. How devastating, and how is this legal when you can't sell your liver, you can't buy a human kidney even though the donor can live without it. You can pay for someone's harvested retinas I mean you can, but its illegal for a reason . To me, it's one of the most insidious, despicable forms of human exploitation and I'd love to hear other views please. Thanks in advance to anyone who can respond.
Surrogacy is exploitative and wrong.