What is surrogacy?

There is still much debate about having a child through surrogacy. Not only in our country, but all over the world, there is no end to the debate about this method. Its legal process is also complex. Because it is in each state. Surrogacy laws vary.

The society is accustomed to see the natural rules of women becoming mothers. But if for some reason she is not able to be a mother, the amount of harsh words she has to hear from her family and surroundings is beyond the concept of common people. What is surrogacy? Advances in medicine have brought forth mothers who live by renting their wombs to give maternal happiness to others. The method of having a child in the womb of another couple is called surrogacy. This method of surrogacy is quite long. In the IVF method, male and female eggs are fertilized by sperm outside the body and transplanted into the woman's uterus. But here too is the complexity. Why? Coming to that later. Many countries including Bangladesh have banned this surrogacy in some way. So the subject is sensitive. Even most religions have prohibitions. Let's talk about surrogacy mothers.

The successful journey of IVF or test tube treatment began in 1988 with the birth of Louise Brown in the United Kingdom. This child's case was diagnosed in a test tube. The embryo does not actually grow in the test tube. The mother's uterus is the same as eight or ten babies. In the IVF or test tube method, couples who do not have children in the normal way, their sperm and eggs are artificially combined and fertilized outside the body to create an embryo. Once the embryo is formed, it is transplanted into the mother's womb. When the egg is fully matured during the woman's ovulation or ovulation, it is taken out of the ovary through a procedure called laparoscopy. In the case of women who have problems with the production of dembu, some drugs that help the production of dembu are first applied. In addition to laparoscopy, eggs can be collected through a small operation of the vagina. After collection the eggs are placed in test tubes. Meanwhile the husband's sperm is collected and processed. The sperm is then placed in that tube along with the egg. At this time, there are about seventy-five thousand sperm against an egg. Then the tube is kept in the incubator for a few hours. The environment in the incubator is similar to that of the uterus. Here the fertilization of suitable sperm and egg results in the formation of a human embryo. Then with the help of a special tube, the fetus is placed in the uterus of the woman. In many cases, the embryo cells are frozen for a few days before being transplanted into the uterus. However, not all embryos are utilized Their quality is checked and scored to confirm pregnancy.

Appropriate embryos are selected based on the proper growth of the number of cells in the embryo and the growth speed of the offspring. A surrogate mother is needed only if the mother's uterus is unable to conceive a child in case of embryo transfer. That is, instead of the real mother, the embryo is implanted by renting the story of another woman and when the child is born, the child is returned to the real mother. This method is called surrogacy method. Surrogacy is one of the ways when there is no other way to have a child after many attempts. However, there may be many reasons behind this. For example, if a woman's uterus or uterus does not remain for some reason or if the uterus is unable to conceive a child, that is, if the uterus is partially removed due to an operation. If the uterus is badly damaged and there is no way to transplant the uterus even with medicine and surgery. Variations in the shape of the uterus often lead to recurrent miscarriages. In this case the doctor advises. Choose the surrogacy method without risking life. If a woman has a major disease like kidney damage, heart block, cancer, she can voluntarily rent someone else's womb. Basically, surrogacy requires a healthy uterus to give birth. The need for the use of surrogacy is seen from the needs of the biological child and the reason for the impossibility of having children. Surrogacy is not the only reason why uterine problems are chosen.

 

A surrogate mother may be needed if there is a problem with the woman's fever along with the problem with the egg. Every woman is born with a certain number of eggs in her ovaries. Every month when a woman's period begins, the egg matures and if it somehow comes in contact with the sperm, then an embryo is formed and a woman becomes pregnant. But as this one egg grows, hundreds more eggs are destroyed. Normally when a woman reaches the age of forty-five to fifty years, these bags are destroyed overnight and she cannot have children. At this time the woman pauses the menu and goes away. That is, her period stops. .

 Unfortunately, some women lose their ovarian reserve at a very young age, i.e. twenty-five to thirty-five years of age, and they go into menopause. In other words, the ovaries that contain potentially fertile eggs are destroyed. This is called reverse pore ovarian. In this case, the woman's probable fertilized eggs are not available properly and in some cases the eggs are not suitable enough for making a child. If there are no eggs in the body or if there is any physical problem related to the eggs, the couple can borrow eggs from the surrogate mother.

 There are two types of surrogacy. Partial surrogacy has been around for a long time. The mother does not play any role in the conception of the child. The baby is born from the sperm of the father and the egg of the surrogate mother. Crew surrogacy is Stationary IVFC where the mother's eggs are used to create embryos in the lab. Then this embryo is transplanted into the womb of the surrogate mother. This is the current method. Researchers have been researching childless couples for a long time to become parents. After the test tube baby method, one such new wonder of modern medical science is this surrogacy method when a couple fails to give birth on their own. They can give birth to their own children with the help of this surrogacy method.

In partial surrogacy, the husband's sperm is artificially placed in the surrogate mother's womb. When a child is born, the childless couple gets the child. But in this case, the maternal role with the child remains a biological age of the woman because the egg is hers, so the child is also her child. In this case, the surrogate mother has to go through a great emotional stress while abandoning her child. As a result, many children are not legal in this way. Surrogate mother is prohibited in many European countries, including Sweden, France, Spain, etc. This method gives the childless couple the opportunity to have another child, but the impact on another woman's physical and mental health is not negligible. The woman who is taking the responsibility of surrogate mother during her pregnancy is at risk of her physical and mental health during delivery and delivery of the child.

On the other hand, in IVF, the mother's egg is brought from a sperm bank with another man's sperm or the father's sperm donor's egg is fertilized outside the body and transplanted into the surrogate woman's womb. Since the surrogate's eggs were not used, the surrogate has no rights over the future child. As a result, there is no doubt about the paternity or motherhood of the embryo which is created by fertilizing the sperm and egg of the parents. However, fertilization of sperm and egg in IVF method cannot be considered as a test tube baby. Because the test tube baby grows in the mother's womb. But even in this case, pregnancy can have a significant impact on the physical and mental health of the surrogate mother. In commercial surrogacy, a mother carries another person's child in her own womb in exchange for a certain amount of money. In this case the surrogate mother gets the money and the intended parents get the child. From 205 to 2015, India was the hotspot of commercial surrogacy. After the passing of the Surrogacy Act in 2016, commercial surrogacy was also banned there. Not only that, in 2016, a bill called the Surrogacy Control Act 2016 was brought to Parliament to ban commercial surrogacy. It described the process of renting wombs as unethical and said that the rich are taking advantage of the weakness of poor and uneducated women in the absence of laws. In other words, surrogacy clinics have become mere baby factories for the rich.

However, IVF surrogacy is still in operation. According to the proposed bill, surrogacy is legal for Indian couples who are unable to bear children despite sincere efforts. However, they have to submit a medical certificate of inability to produce children. In this case, the age of the wife should be between twenty-three and fifty and the age of the husband should be between twenty-six and fifty-five years. And the couple who want to do the service must be married for more than five years. If a couple has one child then another woman's womb cannot be used for the second child. The proposed bill outlaws surrogacy for single men or single women living in a same-sex partnership. Moreover, the one whose womb will be used must be a relative of the couple who wants to have children. Even for using the womb, no other money can be given to that woman except the medical expenses. If a woman has become a surrogate mother once, she cannot become a surrogate mother again. In Bangladesh, there have been incidents of renting a womb and becoming a parent of a child secretly. Here the matter is not legally valid so no one is disclosing it. Some people go abroad especially to India to avoid trouble and rent a womb. Returning with children. Many couples of Bangladesh have become parents of children by going to Chennai and other cities of India by renting a womb. However, they also keep it a secret for social reasons.

 Surrogate mothers have to spend nine months as a prisoner somewhere. Sometimes they can stay at home in the hospital. Somewhere they can see, caress the newborn child. You can even breastfeed for the first two to three weeks. They do not have the right to see the child anywhere. So if more and more commercial closure will be of any benefit to surrogate mothers? Naina Patel, a doctor in Anun who started commercial surrogacy in India, said that if it is banned, it can go underground, i.e. secretly. Moreover, the future surrogate mother who is a relative of the childless couple will have a guarantee? In India, making a fake certificate is not a problem. So how do I understand? The one who was brought to me to be the mother of the sergeant. She is not really a relative and a willing maid or anyone else. Dr. Naina Patel recommends regulating this process instead of stopping commercial surrogacy. I think that there should be a system of registration at the national level. If there is registration, whenever a surrogate mother comes to me, the whole country will know that a surrogate mother has come to my clinic.

 All information about what happens after the surrogate arrives will be sent to the evidence center. And if there is any system like fingerprint in the station then identification will be easy. If not at the national level, it can be in the state as well. In that case the state will have all the information. And the state will inform them to the center. According to him, if surrogacy is banned, it may be done secretly. But if the rules are given. If there is any injustice done to those who are renting the story, they can complain because the complaint center can also be opened. According to Reuters news, several surrogacy scandals occurred in Thailand last year. An Australian couple rented a woman's womb in Thailand. Two twin girls were born from that womb. But the couple returned home with the healthy child instead of taking one of their children with Down syndrome. In addition, a Japanese man fathered at least sixteen children in Thailand. This is why local newspapers called surrogacy a baby factory.

Surrogacy is forbidden in Islam?

According to most Islamic scholars, this road is not permissible for motherhood. Because it is tantamount to adultery. Since the surrogate is not her legal husband. Such individuals carry fertilized eggs. A child born out of lawful wedlock has no hereditary relation. For this reason the child will be considered illegitimate. Since the child is illegitimate, this method i.e. surrogacy is called haram. So there is no opportunity to see it from a religious point of view. You can give your constructive comments in the comment box. I am leaving here today.