Bioethics in Faith and Practice, Volume 2, Number 1

ii Sullivan ⦁ Senior Editor’s Preview The second in-depth article is by pastor and hospital chaplain Mark Lones, who discusses the issue of reproductive surrogacy. Many of us are uneasy about using another woman’s womb to help childless couples have a baby. Mr. Lones points out that surrogacy arrangements raise multiple ethical concerns, such as exploitation of women and the commodification of children. In his words, it “disrupts the natural links between marriage, conception, gestation, birth and the rearing of the child.” His analysis gives us multiple reasons to consider surrogacy highly problematic from an ethical perspective.