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Surrogacy Still a Stigma: Study
According to Professor Olga van den Akker, from the Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, Hendon, London, UK, previous stigmatisation of surrogate mothers in the media had added to the reluctance to take on this treatment option.
Professor Olga along with colleague Miss Aimee Poote studied the present attitudes to surrogacy among 187 women from the general population.
They found that only 8 out of the 187 were willing to become genetic surrogate mothers, and 9 gestational surrogates.
However, younger women were more willing to become surrogate mothers. Women who were unsure about the idea of surrogacy were less likely to have had children, whereas those who were potentially willing and those who were unwilling were more likely to have had them.
"Women who were potentially willing to become surrogates were more likely to say that they would be happy to be identified as the surrogate to the couple and the child," said Professor van den Akker.
"Those who thought that parenthood was very important were also more likely to be willing to help others to become parents like themselves" she added.
According to Professor van den Akker, this shows that potential surrogates do this because they value families and parenthood and not because they hold unusual ideas about having children.
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