Shuster E
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hum Reprod. 1992 Aug;7(7):1029-33. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137764.
Gestational surrogacy in which a commissioning couple's egg and spermatozoon are united in vitro and the resulting embryo is implanted in a woman's uterus is, of all the new methods for overcoming infertility, the most genetically appealing. This is because the genes are often perceived as determining all aspects of human health, disease and even behaviour. Having a child with the genes of both parents has become far more attractive to most infertile couples than having one who is only genetically related to the father. However, gestational surrogacy has created a situation where one child has two mothers, each one claiming to be the 'true' mother having exclusive parental rights. Surrogacy arrangements also raise the question of the meaning of motherhood.
在所有克服不孕症的新方法中，代孕妊娠（即委托夫妻的卵子和精子在体外结合，然后将形成的胚胎植入女性子宫）在基因方面最具吸引力。这是因为基因常常被视为决定人类健康、疾病甚至行为的方方面面。对于大多数不孕夫妇而言，生育一个拥有父母双方基因的孩子，远比生育一个仅与父亲有基因关联的孩子更具吸引力。然而，代孕妊娠造成了一个孩子有两位母亲的局面，每位母亲都声称自己是拥有专属亲权的“真正”母亲。代孕安排也引发了母性意义的问题。
