tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post4532414167590237516..comments2024-03-28T21:30:33.665+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Gay couples discover surrogate option - who is the parent?Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-71310752667104291822017-05-19T11:16:13.583+03:002017-05-19T11:16:13.583+03:00It’s a perfectly serious question. If we accept th...It’s a perfectly serious question. If we accept that every decision a person is fundamentally selfish and egotistical, which I believe to be the case, and then we need to measure the level of selfishness. So how much more selfish and egotistical is being a surrogate parent than any other form of becoming a parent? Add to that the fact that, typically, when people speak of selfishness, morality, or other ideas of that nature they aren't making quantifiable statements about the object they are trying to describe (even if they believe that to be the case) they are pronouncing their opinion of the object based on their perspective. It has nothing to do with the object in question. Generally speaking, when people make statements about selfishness, morality, etc. they tend to only speak of it in terms of other people's actions, and rarely apply the same standard to themselves. I’m glad that such clinic as Biotexcom exists. People deserve to make choices. And to receive high level service for an acceptable sum of money. And being judged doesn't do anybody any good. Try to understand where people are coming from, how they got where they are, and never forget that you yourself are culpable too.Alexisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-88489906190344489302008-06-15T18:06:00.000+03:002008-06-15T18:06:00.000+03:00WADR the homosexual angle really is a side issue (...WADR the homosexual angle really is a side issue (worth noting perhaps in the context of my earlier response on macro vs. micro halachik issues)<BR/><BR/>Poskim are already wrestling with the birth mother vs. egg donor issue. Given current trends in reproductive medicine they will soon be dealing with cloning (no father? on father's day??) and out of the womb growth.<BR/><BR/>Basing all this on gemara's such as the bathhouse conception is getting harder and harder. This is why imho R' Asher Weiss says we need a Rashba type individual who can be mchadesh in these areas.<BR/><BR/>KT<BR/>Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com