Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials (MindTap Course List)
Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337109659
Author: Diana Kendall
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 1RA-P335
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Surrogacy is when a woman carries and delivers a child for another woman. It could be done for any number of medical or non-medical reasons. It is becoming increasingly common for a woman in a low-income nation to be paid to carry and deliver the child of a woman from a high-income nation.

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In high-income nations such as the United States and Great Britain, couples have a number of choices available to them with regards to parenting a child. The reproductive freedoms afforded to them allow them to avoid pregnancy at a higher rate than those from low-income nations. It also allows them to have a child under many different methods including medical intervention, if necessary, and adoption. On the other hand, women from low-income nations may have fewer choices. Some nations do not allow for the reproductive freedom that the United States does. In this question, also consider the role capitalism and economic status have on the choices surrounding surrogacy. Women from a low-income nation may be pressured to be a surrogate mother out of financial need more so than a woman from a high-income nation.

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