Is Surrogacy Biblical
Due to complications after having my youngest son (from my previous marriage), I can no longer have children. My husband and I have been considering surrogacy but are worried of the reaction of our friends at church. Is surrogacy frowned upon by God?
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---Dorinda on 2/20/07
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Carla3939:
Can you find a single scripture that says that surrogacy is forbidden?
On the other hand, there are several examples of surrogacy in the old testament - whenever their wives did not concieve, several patriarchs resorted to the use of surroages. In particular, Abraham and Hagar, Jacob and Bilhah, Jacob and Zilpah. While one might argue that Abraham's fathering of Ishmael resulted in a lot of strife, nowhere was the practice forbidden, one could also argue that Jacob and Esau had a lot of strife between them, but having twins isn't forbidden either. |
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---StrongAxe on 10/23/09 |
Um, one thing:
God can use doctors to heal people, even though He could speak a word and heal them Himself. People go to mechanics to get their cars fixed, even though God, with whom nothing is impossible, could fix them. So why can't He use someone else to provide a child for a childless couple? I think to say that He wouldn't is foolish unless you have spoken with Him about it. PS. I'm a preacher's wife, not a heathen. |
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---April on 10/21/09 |
Phl 4:6
Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Is your faith so weak that you cannot accept it if God is not willing. We are to say God willing I will go here or there, why are Christian people perverting the patience of prayer and turning to the WORLD?
There are childless women because men never chose them to be a wife, will they then just ask someone to donate sperm to artificially inseminate themselves because they want a child? GOD FORBID
Where on earth do you draw the line with these things? |
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---Carla3939 on 2/23/09 |
Wow. I cannot understand you people that think the loving act of having a baby for someone who can't is "of the devil" or evil in some way, explain it if you will--thank you in advance. :) |
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---Mary on 2/22/09 |
Surrogacy is of the devil,
and out of disobedience christians behave as though prayer/fasting is the last thing to do, devilling into worldly practices is now somehow right placing your hope in the hands of the world.
Mat 19:8
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
1Cr 6:12
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1Cr 10:21
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. |
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---Carla3939 on 2/21/09 |
Well, there are many forms of surrogate motherhood, but consider this:
Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar had a "surrogate mother agreement" that produced Ishmael, and just look at all the trouble this has caused through the centuries and still does today. |
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---Jack on 10/7/08 |
Look at the patriarchs of the Old Testament.
Both Abraham and Jacob used surrogacy when their wives did not concieve. Even though the results were not always the best, the fact remains that there is not a single PROCEDURAL criticism of the practice in the scripture.
With Sarah and Hagar, it was friction between "surrogate" child and a subsequent "natural" child. This is only an issue if parents treat such a child differently than they treat a naturally-born child. |
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---StrongAxe on 11/9/07 |
Dorinda-I did invetro-fertilization, what exactly is surrogacy? Is that when you implant an embryo into another woman's womb and she carries the baby for you? I can only share with you what Father God spoke to me after I did the invetro process with my husband. I will share with you privately. You can contact me here at donna6598. |
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---donna6598 on 11/8/07 |
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Fornication or Adultery if the partner has re-married, since he would have had to commit Adultery if he married she would have had to file for a divorce using the Adultery for the divorce. (previous Marriage) If not then not knowing what the bible say's on divorce and re-marrying is a direct consequence of sin. Sin brings about lack of knowledge, lack of knowledge you do what? Perish! |
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---Carla5754 on 2/22/07 |
Thanks Daniel I did mean Versa instead of Via :) |
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---Carla5754 on 2/22/07 |
Oh, Dorinda, I just thought of something I never have before, since this is one of the furthest things from my mind, BUT IF you truly believe life starts with conception, I've heard many of these labs MAY insist on doing MULTIPLE 'in vitro' fertilizations; to ensure 'viable product' and DESTROY what you don't want later. Is that morally right, if true? Obviously, 1000s-year old Scriptures never comment on babies outside a mother's womb though. |
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---danie9374 on 2/22/07 |
I'm sure carla meant "vs." (versus; not 'Via' as she wrote), and I'd also add, adoption is certainly something to consider. Ask yourself if that might not be God's will for you, if you can no longer carry a child of your own. MAKE sure your husband is completely a part of whatever decision is made (really, not just 'going along' so to speak). I think adopted kids need to know THEY can really be loved by someone too. |
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---danie9374 on 2/21/07 |
** The crucial part of your question lies with whether you were divorced and re-married through Adultery?**
How is one remarried through adultery? |
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---Jack on 2/21/07 |
The crucial part of your question lies with whether you were divorced and re-married through Adultery? Having said that if it did not then I guess your understanding of Biblical standards will dictate your position on surrogacy Via Adoption of a mother/fatherless child. |
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---Carla5754 on 2/21/07 |
If the child who would be the result of this surrogacy were to be biologically yours and your husband's and you would be asking another woman to 'carry' YOUR child for 9 months it would be totally different from your husband's sperm fertilizing another woman's egg and then being carried by someone else. If this is what you have in mind give great thought as to whether you could bring up your husband's and someone else's child as your own. |
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---m.p.a. on 2/21/07 |
Dorinda, No matter how good the intentions of the other woman may be, UNLESS she's POSSIBLY your own believing sister or daughter, someone who'd be able to spend almost as much time with that child in the future as you intend to (AND EVEN THEN I'm not necessarily advising it's OK), such a course of actions can end up being disasterous for all if that lady makes a claim on the baby! TODAY, we know that lawyers can turn things upside down no matter what a contract says! Is she even a Believer? |
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---danie9374 on 2/21/07 |
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