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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand all the reasons that people would explore this as an option, but I personally cannot get past the extremely colonialist mindset that says it's perfectly okay for a wealthy Western to go to a developing country and pay 1/3 the American price tag for a poor woman to carry a child for them. I also cannot get past the obvious and very real issues with the way that many parts of Indian culture treat women and girls. I would never be able to be 100% sure that the surrogate was not being coerced in some fashion.

I know that the same sort of economic coercion happens in the US and that surrogacy and adoption are by and large a luxury industry that people do not engage with unless they have the resources to do so. But given the colonial history of India and the gender issues that are pervasive in Indian society, I would personally not be comfortable with it and would have a hard time respecting friends of mine who chose that route, but that's a result of my personal politics and I don't know anyone personally who has chosen an Indian surrogate, so it's largely theoretical for me.[/quote]

You raised politics, so may I ask if you are a member of the Tea Party or perhaps the Greens? I ask because you exhibit a similar pattern of reasoning. You define an enduring (some would say simple) principle based largely on an unconscious emotional reaction and insist on sticking to it, despite being presented with complicating facts or the messiness of reality (always far grayer than the black/white world to which you appear to cling). Then you define your position as the morally superior one and look down on anyone who doesn't agree with you.  [/quote]

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