Re: Outsourcing Motherhood - Is it allowed in Islam ?
When it comes to motherhood one can only have one mother. If anything the surrogate mother has a greater claim on the child because she has had to forebear more time, more pain more of her blood is shared even though it is not her genetics. It is her effort and the psycho-spiritual bond is formed with her also. That presents a lot of problems on the paper. It is like having your "biological" mother as a step mother and your "surrogate" mother as your actual mother if it comes down to attempting to legalise the whole situation.
Potentially this scenario should be entertained, because it is quite possible for a surrogate mother born person could potentially become a Muslim in later life and would then be subejcted to such conditions.
Now compare it with what I said in my first post. Does milk suckling of a woman other than biological mother not create the same bond ? So what is the point ?
The point is if surrogacy by milk suckling is allowed in Islam then why gestational surrogacy be not allowed ?
Surrogacy for milk suckling lasts 720 days while gestational surrogacy will last only 270 days. So bond will be stronger in the former case than the later. What do you say ?
As for your point about having only one mother that is not valid because surrogacy by milk suckling also makes this women mother of the baby to the extent that Nikha is not allowed with surrogate brothers and sisters.