Abstract
Surrogate motherhood is an assisted procreation practice by which a woman gestates an embryo with which
she has no biological relationship on behalf of a contracting couple or individual, having to relinquish the child to
them after its birth. This practice normally entails a financial remuneration for the pregnant woman; when this is
not the case, it is called altruistic surrogacy. From a medical perspective, potential problems for the surrogate
and for children born through this practice should be taken into account, especially the existence of possible
disabilities in the child. The bioethical aspects are of most interest because the practice of surrogacy objectifies
the expectant mother, by using her body for a purpose other than her own good, treating her as a commodity,
as a thing. The same is true for the child because it makes him a disposable object, something that can be
instrumentalized, similarly objectifying him.
