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Prymat techniki nad moralnością? Aspekty etyczno-prawne macierzyństwa zastępczego
The Primacy of Technology over Morality? Ethical and Legal Aspects of Surrogate Motherhood

Author(s): Andrzej Kobyliński
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: surrogate motherhood; surrogacy; human trafficking; gay marriage; slavery of women; human rights; reproductive prostitution

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to analyze the phenomenon of surrogate motherhood in the global dimension and to present the most important ethical and legal aspects of this medical procedure. In some countries, you can speak about a real industry of surrogacy. Only in India, we can find currently about 3,000 clinics offering this medical procedure. In the context of surrogate motherhood, we need first of all a new humanism, a new moral sensitivity and appropriate legal regulations. It is necessary to create the international law, which will consider surrogacy as a form of modern slavery, of commodification of human life and the violation of human rights.

  • Issue Year: 15/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 49-61
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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