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Pregnancy For Sale

SURROGACY is common in Western societies, particularly in Hollywood where celebrities accept it as the new child adoption in the United States.

Among the celebrities who support surrogacy are 'Sex & The City' actress Sarah Jessica Parker, Australian beau Nicole Kidman, American TV host Giuliana Rancic, multi-talented comedian Neil Patrick Harris, to name a few.


However, here in Malaysia, surrogacy is not practiced openly. It is mostly a private arrangement made between the surrogate mother and a childless couple.


Surrogacy as a way to produce an adopted child in this part of the world is not socially accepted, and is seen to be similar to abortion.


Besides being a social and taboo, is surrogacy accepted here?


Abortion for instance, is legally permissible, provided there are justifiable grounds, such as if it were to save a mother's life as well as to preserve her physical and mental health, conditions that can only be authorised by a qualified medical professional.


For one thing, while it is clear for Malay Muslims that surrogacy is forbidden –clearly defined by a fatwa (religious decree) in 2008- there are yet no legal claims for surrogacy arrangements in Malaysia.


But the proliferation of Western culture has influenced some mothers in Malaysia to become surrogates as a viable source of income.


A foreign daily recently reported childless couples from Singapore were receiving surrogate mothers from Malaysia, whom are mostly financially-strapped single mothers.


The surrogacy services are provided privately in Singapore but the medical procedures done in Thailand, providing surrogate mothers from Malaysia with a substantial fee of between RM100,000 to RM112,500.


Lecturer at the Department of Legal Practice of International Islamic University of Malaysia, Asst Professor Dr Majdah Zawawi, said the law on surrogacy should be looked into if there begins a widespread of surrogacy amongst Malaysians.


"Apart from the Islamic understanding of surrogacy, where it is clearly forbidden at any cause, there is no statute that says surrogacy is not allowed in Malaysia for the non-Muslims.


"However, there is no law that supports surrogacy either," she told Malaysian Digest when contacted yesterday.


Majdah, who specialises in bioethics and bio-law, said it is simple to understand Islamic rules pertaining to surrogacy through the Syariah Law, whereby a child born through a valid marriage is considered legitimate.


But what about the non-Muslim mothers?


The relevant legislation which governs family matters for non-Muslim population is the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act of 1976, but in terms of surrogacy, the lines are unclear.


"No cases have been brought to court in relation to surrogacy arrangements. Therefore, it is hard to say whether the written contract in such agreements would be valid or voided in Malaysian court, since the concept might be deemed invalid against public policy, public morality, or surrogacy may be simply ruled as illegal.


"And if the contract has been made outside of Malaysia, such as Singapore and Thailand, then this complicates things even further as Malaysian courts have no say in the matter," she said.


Majdah said though the Ministry of Health (MOH) had issued a guideline for clinics offering Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to the public, surrogacy is still not recognised neither it is allowed in Malaysia..........................................................


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Woo..this really desperate one ar...one desperate for money and the other one desperate for child...modal tinggi maa...RM100k to RM112K

Rm100k is still cheaper than most marriages, surrogacy could be a viable way for single men to have children without the entanglement of marriage/divorce.

do i get to piap the wimminz first?

natural insemination allowed?

natural insemination for 100k?

100k for bearing the child..
natural insemination , part of the goodies package ma.

Then that guy need to be a single dad?

For 100k might as well your find an amoi to marry, can inseminate naturally as many and frequent as you want.

i think i want to be surrogate mother la..
just work once a year..
then maybe 5-8 times..
later i can retire early..

any gay guys want surrogate mother or not?

too bad you cant be inseminated..

Get a maid, still cheaper in the long run. It's estimated that it takes 250k to raise a child to adulthood.

I said amoi lar.

However you can attempt to inseminate guys (or me), but you won't get a positive result lor