Commercial surrogacy commodifies children because by paying the surrogate mother to give up her child, they treat the child as an object of exchange or a commodity that can be bought and sold. Like any commercial transaction, parents give money for the exchange of an object, the child. Parents get the desired child, and the mother receives money, but what does the child think of this event? The action of the parents and the surrogate mother was conducted with self-interest. One could argue that they wanted the best for the child. However, the first priority in the intentional procreation of the child was not the well-being of the child but rather his abandonment to the parents in exchange for money. Furthermore, women's work is commodified because the surrogate mother treats her parental rights as if they were a property right and not as a trust. In other words, decisions made about the child are not made primarily for his benefit. The act of the mother relinquishing her parental rights is done for a monetary price. You have parental rights, which must be managed for the owner's well-being, as if they were property rights, which must be managed for personal purposes
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